Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

The willow is too close to the house.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

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

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

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

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

It’s the corruption, stupid.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

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

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Republicans in disarray!

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Within the Margin of Effort – GA Runoff (We Have Another Angel!)

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The day shift at Balloon Juice raised $11,000 today for the GA Runoff!

The block quote below is what I wrote this morning when we actively started fundraising.

I don’t think we want to make this a competition between the daytime and nighttime peeps – there’s too much overlap – but hopefully we can meet the new Balloon Juice Angel match of $1,000. Same rules as usual, matching up to $50 per person when the donation is listed in the comments.

I’m pretty sure we are all tired, I know I am.

And half of us are probably eating ramen noodles because we dug deep for this election.

But GA is most definitely within the margin of effort.  So can we do this one more time?

We funded 27 pairs of boots on the ground for AZ before Nov 8.

After helping drive voter turnout in Arizona, Worker Power – a project associated with Unite Here labor union – is heading back to Georgia for the second time to get out the vote.

Here’s a link to an article about the Worker Action contribution in turning AZ blue in 2020.

This group knows how to turn people out for elections, and it’s hard to imagine that they didn’t also have a huge impact in AZ again this year.  And they know GA, because they were in GA for the runoffs in 2021.

Every $1,000 we can raise will fund one person on the ground for the GA runoff – for a week!

Do we have it in us to fund another 27 pairs of boots on the ground for Raphael Warnock?

They are serious, the folks at Worker Power have thought this through, and they have a plan.

Check out the post from this morning for more details:

Within the Margin of Effort – 28 Pairs of Boots On the Ground in GA (We Have an Angel!)

14 sets of boots on the ground for 2 weeks of voter contact could be the difference between winning and losing.

Let’s win this!
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  1. 1.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    Let’s win this!

    Agreed and after Warnock wins we can mock Trump for backing another fucking loser.

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    @Leslie: Yes, this is our third angel today!

    No more angels waiting in the wings, but you never know when another one might appear.

    So yes, if you gave to the previous angels today, this is a new match and you are eligible again.

  11. 11.

    mvr

    OK, in for 50 for the boots.  I think that one is the one now being matched right. (I know I should pay better attention but I have a day job which is why I tend to give in the evenings.) Thanks for all of your work on this!

    Also, is there a simple explainer for getting lists of voters to send cards to?

    Thanks for any help on that!

  15. 15.

    JAFD

    Put in a few bucks. Sorry not more. Gotten my finances scrambled – cancellations and refunds that I ain’t sure are credited to my bank account yet. First world problems…
    Hope all you jackals are healthy and happy.​
    If anyone’s going to Philcon this weekend, look me up !

  16. 16.

    fake irishman

    In for $50.  Thanks for the incredible work everyone has done this cycle, especially Watergirl for coordinating one hell of a finely targeted financial campaign which might literally have been the difference in the AZ AG’s race (fingers crossed)

    (Also you postcard writers rock.)

  27. 27.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    In for another $50 via this thermometer! Thank you WG for all your effort!

  32. 32.

    JCNZ

    Proud to be a miniscule part of this one-of-a-kind collective.

    As a foreign national, I’m not allowed to make political contributions – otherwise, put me down for a billion!

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