Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

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

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

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

I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

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

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

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

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President Obama is campaigning for top offices in Nevada, so even he thinks we are on the right track focusing on races for AG, SOS, Governor.

This is a 20-minute video from Pod Save America, I think it’s worth your time. Even if you know what’s in it, it can help you talk about this with other voters.  Plus, you get to hear from some of these candidates that we are funding!


NEVADA

Steve Sisolak  (Governor)
Cisco Aguilar  (SOS)
Aaron Ford  (AG)

ARIZONA

Katie Hobbs  (Governor)
Adrian Fontes  (SOS)
Kris Maes  (AG)

TEXAS

Rochelle Garza  (AG)

GEORGIA

Jen Jordan  (AG)

OHIO SUPREME COURT

Jennifer Brunner
Marilyn Zayas
Terri Jamison

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Some of these folks were added to our list earlier than others, and some races need more help than others.

I hope you will click on Customize Amounts and help the OH Supreme Court, or the 3 candidates in NV, or the 3 candidates in AZ, or the Attorney General  candidates in TX and GA.

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    Way more Republican voters vote all the way down the ballot, while Democratic voters are more likely to vote just for the top races.

    That’s surely part of what’s been happening at the state level.

    That trend needs to stop now.

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    As always, some candidates we care a lot about are not on the list because our donations would be like salt in the ocean or because our funds are better spent elsewhere so we’re not diluting our efforts.

  5. 5.

    Steve in the ATL

    None of this helps me find decent restaurants in Sioux City.  Why do I even post here?!

  21. 21.

    Kay

    @Baud:

    Sure Baud, because people like this follow court cases that Right wing billionaires bankroll. She’ll find out student loan debt cancellation is cancelled when she goes to apply and not before.

    Undecided voters are morons.

    Nicky Frank@NickyFrank30

    There is an undecided woman in our Pennsylvania focus group who in June, as a Fetterman/Shapiro voter, said “all I want is for Democrats to talk about abortion and only abortion from now until November.” Today, she’s undecided because “all Dems talk about is abortion.”

  22. 22.

    rekoob

    @Steve in the ATL: Although the short answer is to go to Gorat’s in Omaha (Diet Coke and double hashbrowns FTW!), there should be a couple of steakhouses close to where you’re heading. Perhaps a local diner for breakfast?

    Generally speaking, I’m guessing vegetarian/vegan options are out-of-the-money, as it were.

  26. 26.

    Another Scott

    @Steve in the ATL: You need to post more often so that people pay attention.

    ;-)

    TripAdvisor used to be decent for questions like yours. I have no idea if they’ve become a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

    Good luck!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  27. 27.

    James E Powell

    @WaterGirl:

    Way more Republican voters vote all the way down the ballot, while Democratic voters are more likely to vote just for the top races.

    I haven’t seen any data to back this up, but this is what all the pros say and I think that this has been true for some time.

    Why do you think this is so?

  28. 28.

    prostratedragon

    Some PBS stations are about to show a bio of bassist Ron Carter. You might not have heard of him, but you’ve heard him.

  29. 29.

    mrmoshpotato

    The organist at the Phillies’ ballpark has played We Will Rock You at last twice.

    Haha!  Go Phillies!

  31. 31.

    James E Powell

    The question is, what will voters read or hear:

    A) Some court somewhere stopped student loan forgiveness & Biden fails, or

    B) Republicans filed lawsuits all over the country to stop Biden’s student loan forgiveness.

    I’m seeing TV ads saying “Democrats voted to allow illegal immigrants to rape & murder children” ten times a day. Are there any ads explaining what Republicans are doing?

    I know politics is hard, but as Kay points out above, 22 million people filed for student loan forgiveness in the first week.

  32. 32.

    opiejeanne

    MSNBC has Kornacki on with some guest who is saying that Arizona is likely to elect Kari Lake and Blake Masters, and I just turned it off. Stupid horse race reporting.

  34. 34.

    Matt McIrvin

    @James E Powell: I think it’s a few different things:

    1. There’s a type of good-government liberal who really doesn’t feel qualified to vote for a race unless they’ve done a lot of homework and feel super knowledgeable about the candidate–otherwise they’ll leave it blank; wouldn’t want to make an uninformed vote. They’re just not taking into account that the other side has no such inhibitions.
    2. I think the Democratic Party also has a lot of voters who just have low institutional trust and will only vote for specific candidates who they know have made the case to them.
    3. Of course the Republicans have low-institutional-trust voters too, but they have been heavily propagandized by Fox News, etc. to vote all the way down the ballot. We don’t have anything close to that mass self-propaganda apparatus; there are, you know, little blogs like this one, and social media, and maybe political comedy shows, and most of them spend half their time bashing Democrats for being weak and centrist.

    In general, Democrats don’t like being super-partisan for one reason or another, even (especially) if they are super-ideological. Being extremely partisan feels dumb. Republicans LOVE being super-partisan: go team.

  36. 36.

    Jackie

    @opiejeanne: Yes. I’m missing Lawrence O’Donnell these Fridays. I refuse to watch gloom and doom programs. And, Kornacki is doing this every Friday until Election Day. Boo!

  37. 37.

    James E Powell

    @Matt McIrvin:

    In general, Democrats don’t like being super-partisan for one reason or another, even (especially) if they are super-ideological. Being extremely partisan feels dumb.

    I’m the opposite of this. I love being super partisan, I’m super ideological (but not a fool) & feel that being extremely partisan is smart & more fun.

    I’m pretty much the same way about Ohio State football.

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    Thanks to everyone who donated!  And triple thanks to the mystery person who appears to have given $500 to each of the 3 women running for the Ohio Supreme Court!

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