Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Let’s show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

I did not have this on my fuck 2024 bingo card.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

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

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

Not all heroes wear capes.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

No one could have predicted…

In after Baud. Damn.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

We won’t go back.

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  1. 1.

    MomSense

    Oh my goodness, Mary Bonauto spoke to our voter protection team tonight.  She is such an inspiration.  I stan.

  2. 2.

    sukabi

    can’t imagine Rubio on a motorcycle…he’d have the same energy as DeSantis had in those white rubber boots…

     

    Val Demmings on the other hand looks badass.

  8. 8.

    J R in WV

    Ms Demings sure looks good on that big bike! We’ve been donating to her monthly for several months now, am cancelling those donations now that election is less than a month away.

    I agree that Rubio wouldn’t look as good on any wheeled vehicle as Ms Demings looks on that bike. How can Lil Marco be competitive with Val Demings at all? Will never understand FL voters, never at all.

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    comment in the chat:

    Val big mistake to be agresive

    Guessing that this person – since they can’t spell – isn’t really rooting for Val.

  11. 11.

    zzcool

    “I don’t know what happened to you Marco Rubio. There used to be a time where you didn’t need to lie to win.”

    Hell yeah.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    Someone in the chat keeps repeating this over and over, every few comments.  Interesting strategy.

    Raymond Sylvia​  On Women’s Rights Deming’s is the only choice.
  16. 16.

    Mousebumples

    Live tweeting in this thread –

    Candidly Tiff 🗳 (@tify330) tweeted at 6:12 PM on Tue, Oct 18, 2022:

    Marco is shook, he is explaining like a little b*tch. If you are explaining you are losing Marco. She is going at him on the police.

    “How gullible do you think Fl voter are?” Val is on fire

    (https://twitter.com/tify330/status/1582509964396232704?t=up53OGqS_cBGwZq4fm0oJg&s=03)

    Can’t watch right now, but Val Demings is on 🔥

    She had a great tweet earlier today that I’m going to try to find…

  18. 18.

    zzcool

    This is how dumb Marco Rubio thinks voters are.

    His answer to the question of whether he would vote for an abortion bill that had no exceptions with “there is a bill with my name on it that has exceptions in it, and I recognize that that is the bill that has the support of the majority of Americans.” implies that if Republicans take the Senate and the House then he would view that as having the support of the majority of Americans and therefore he would vote for a ban on abortions that has no exceptions.

    He thinks he’s being clever but he’s not.

  19. 19.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    Let’s dispel with this fiction that Lil’ Marco doesn’t know what he’s doing, he knows exactly what he’s doing.

  29. 29.

    Jackie

    According to multiple headlines, polls show narrowing leads or dead even in all races. Time to ignore headlines! The next three weeks are going to be harrowing.

    I call BS – polls haven’t been correct in the last three voting cycles. Nov 3 will be the tell.

  30. 30.

    stacib

    @SpaceUnit: I have to agree.  She is leaving a lot of Rubio’s bullshit unanswered, and a lot of folks will read that as him telling the truth.  She should have smashed him on the $9 trillion dollars in increased taxes on working folks.  That was one straight down the middle, and she should have blasted it out of the park.

  32. 32.

    MazeDancer

    Never seen Val Demings in action like this. She is so impressive when she lets loose.

    Marco Rubio always talks this fast? He sounds like he is on speed.

  33. 33.

    Geminid

    House leaders did well to put Val Demings on the House Manager team for the first Impeachment trial. Demings was a relative unkown, like many other excellent House Democrats. She got a turn on the national stage, and made the most of it..

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    From the voting at the youtube link for the debate:

    Debate: Val Demings vs. Marco Rubio Tonight at 7pm (LIVE) 1

    Republican pundit saying this must have been a “young” audience because older people don’t know how to use a QR code – except they could also click on a link in the chat.

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    Well, that was a disappointing debate, I think.  I am not a fan of acrimonious debates, and I don’t think I learned a single thing about either candidate that I didn’t already know.

  41. 41.

    zhena gogolia

    @WaterGirl: On Safari on my phone. I did an update today and now the search bar is at the bottom and it’s driving me crazy. I guess I’ll get used to it. Apparently it’s supposed to make things easier, but like most computer attempts to make things easier, it’s a pain in the ass.

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    @zhena gogolia: I still don’t know what search bar you are talking about, but I don’t need to understand.

    Sorry you’re frustrated, though.  My dad used to say “they new and improved it”.

    Which was not a compliment!

  43. 43.

    dww44

    @zhena gogolia: I’ve never believed these “upgrades” were intended to make things easier for the user.  I think to some degree it mostly justifies someone’s budget or job.

  46. 46.

    zhena gogolia

    @WaterGirl:

    For those not in the know, this software update moved Safari’s search bar to an entirely new spot. Personally, I hate it and I know I’m not the only one. So why did Apple do this, and is there a way to fix it? Keep scrolling to find out.

  47. 47.

    zhena gogolia

    @WaterGirl:

    The Safari search bar used to be on the top of the screen for the longest time. But starting with iOS 15, Apple moved the search bar to the bottom of the screen so that it’s easily accessible on big iPhones. Plus, you can effortlessly swipe left or right on the search bar to switch tabs.

  49. 49.

    Another Scott

    I just started playing the YouTube link.  The first question about addressing climate change was decent.  Rubio ignored it and talked about hurricane response and getting TFG to reimburse localities.  The second question was, as noted, 1000% GQP framed about “Democrats passed the $2T American Rescue Plan with no Republican support.  Now we have out of control inflation…”

    [ click ]

    I hope that sensible voters turn out to turn Rubio out.  He’s horrible.

    Turnout is all Rubio has, and peeling off the nominal conservatives — mothers, small business owners, and so forth — is all Demings has. She didn't hurt herself.

    — Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 19, 2022

    Inshallah.

    [ lookist ] What’s the story on Rubio’s ears?  He has the gigantic ears of a 98 year old man! [ /lookist ]

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  50. 50.

    prostratedragon

    Need a break? At 11 Eastern, TCM will repeat By Design: The Joe Caroff Story, an hour documentary about the graphic designer behind such famous images as the 007 logo and the titles and treatments for West Side Story, Cabaret, and the Leone/Eastwood westerns. Built around interviews with him and his wife, a professor of social work. Talks a little about the importance of culture in preparing the mind for creative work.

  51. 51.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    @prostratedragon: Thanks that’s sounds interesting.  I always found the careers of logo designers like Ray Loewy and Bill Gold interesting.

  52. 52.

    NutmegAgain

    @MomSense: She also was one of the lead attorneys on the civil marriage case in Massachusetts (Goodridge) that led to marriage for anybody who wanted to marry somebody else in that state.

  55. 55.

    Another Scott

    Black male voters in Georgia turned out in record breaking numbers for the first day of early voting and I haven't seen one news media article mentioning this story.

    I think we all know why.

    — Christopher (@Attorneycbruce) October 18, 2022

    Good, good.

    (via nycsouthpaw)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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