Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Let’s finish the job.

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

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

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

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Donald Trump, welcome to your everything, everywhere, all at once.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

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

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Never forget that he train is barreling down on Trump, even as he dances on the tracks.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

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

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

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

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Republicans would impeach Biden if he bit into a whole Kit Kat rather than breaking the sections apart.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

It’s a doggy dog world.

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Montana Quilt Raffle Winners!

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I announced the Montana Quit Raffle winners shortly before the State of the Union address, but people may have missed it in all the excitement about Joe’s speech.

The Winner – Andrew is very excited to have this quilt for his new home!  He moves in this week.

Quilt Raffle for Four Directions Montana – Let's Keep This Senate Seat

2nd prize:  Kathy S.  (winning numbers supplied by Baud & Josie) you both picked numbers held by the same person

3rd prize: Emily B  (winning number from TS)

4th prize: emrys  (winning number from CaseyL)

Here are the 8 quilt block options for winners 2-4.

Montana Quit Raffle Winners 3

Green, not pictured, is also an option.

Montana Quit Raffle Winners 4If you are a winner, please let me know your choice in the comments, and also please send me an email with your street address so Quiltingfool can mail your quilt block!

We sold just short of 200 raffle tickets, and we raised the remaining $9,000 for Montana.  With the external match through Four Directions, the total came to $81,625.  That should go a long way as Four Directions gets back to working on the ground with the Montana tribes for the first time since 2016!

Great job all around, BJ peeps!

Reader Interactions

33Comments

  1. 1.

    frosty

    I think the typo bug stole a letter from your headline!​
    ETA Or maybe autocorrect. Or autofill. Yeah, that’s right, it was one of those. Not your fault at all.​

  3. 3.

    frosty

    @WaterGirl: My work here is done.

    ETA Congratulations to all the winners. And what beautiful work from QuiltingFool. I can’t imagine the time it takes to put together the blocks and do all that stitching.

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: Happy Baud Day!

    I feel certain that I have several old cables that used to belong to some piece of equipment that is long gone.  That seems fitting.

    Would you like some of those?

  7. 7.

    Chetan Murthy

    Thank you, Quilting fool, for doing all this beautiful work!  And thank you Water girl, for organizing this!  I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling a little at sea with so many places asking for donations: knowing that you’re doing the research in a transparent way to find us effective recipients makes it so much easier for  us all!

  9. 9.

    BlueGuitarist

    Awesome!
    Supporting Four Directions in Montana is one of the most important things we can do, helping Jon Tester hold the Senate and  Monica Tranel for US House MT-1.
    Thanks WG!

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    @Chetan Murthy:

    …with so many places asking for donations:

    And Baud is just the worst about that, isn’t he?  I have heard that once you get on his list, you are on it for life.

    *how do I get on the list? :-)

  13. 13.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Speaking of fundraising, Shaun King is doing this.  The people of Gaza have enough shit going on, the last thing they need is King grifting people who want to help them.

  15. 15.

    Chetan Murthy

    @WaterGirl: If you Google “Shaun King grifter” you’ll find posts by some well-regarded folks.  DeRay McKesson and Malcolm Nance were at the top of the results.

  16. 16.

    Scout211

    Reposted from downstairs since this is a fundraising thread

    Wow! Elections matter. And balloon-juice fundraising was there to help!

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider overturning its own ruling limiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes, the justices said Tuesday.

    The court ruled in July 2022 that absentee drop boxes may be used only in election offices and no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person.

    Conservative justices controlled the court at the time, but Janet Protasiewicz’s election victory in April 2023 flipped the court to liberal control, setting the stage for flipping the ruling. Priorities USA, a progressive voter mobilization group, asked the court last month to reconsider the ruling.

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    @Scout211: Did you see that Wisconsin Republicans started a petition to try to recall Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Republican Robin Vos.  He is apparently not MAGA enough.

    Looks like it’s not going anywhere for now, but geez.

    The recall of Scott Walker went so well!  No wonder the Rs are thinking about tit. //

  23. 23.

    KnittyGal

    Off-topic, but I’m going to be in Boca Raton, FL next week and was wondering if anyone could give suggestions for places to eat?

  25. 25.

    RaflW

    Since it’s an open thread, I’m gonna repost a brief bit I just included in the on-topic but dead thread a few below. I drove a lot of errands today, so NPR (Nerdy Proto-Republicans?) was on.

    A male ACT host introduced a politics reporter, said that she had been reading through the 250-some pages of the Hur-Biden transcript and add libbed “I hope you didn’t read it all” (har har) and she sounded kinda miffed as she said “I did read it all.” At least one of these people thinks doing a job well matters.

  26. 26.

    Another Scott

    @RaflW: I heard that too.  They should have edited that out – it made him sound like an idiot and it was insulting to her.

    Grr…,
    Scott.

  28. 28.

    RaflW

    @Another Scott: I dunno. Maybe it’s a service to listeners to find out that Rob Schmitz is an unserious asshole.

    And now that I see the transcript, it’s even worse than I remembered in the car. I may write in and make a stink. It’s bad.

    —  —

    ROB SCHMITZ: Now I want to turn to you, Tam. Hur interviewed Biden for more than five hours for his investigation, and you’ve now reviewed the transcript of those conversations. There are 258 pages. Please tell me you didn’t read all of that.

    TAMARA KEITH: Oh, I did.

    SCHMITZ: How does Hur’s – did you read that?

    KEITH: Yes.

    SCHMITZ: Good for you.

    — —

    He’s a patronizing dude, as well as a lazy journalist.

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @RaflW:

    He’s a patronizing dude, as well as a lazy journalist.

    “Good for you,” he chuckled indulgently, gently patting her on the head.

    So arrogant.

  30. 30.

    eclare

    Thank you so much to Quiltingfool for making these beautiful quilts and WaterGirl for organizing the fundraisers!  I have to think 82k in Montana will go a long way.

  33. 33.

    Emily B.

    Wow, I’m very excited to have had my ticket drawn! I’d love either the blue or purple star pattern, if they are still available.

    Many thanks to Quiltingfool for her beautiful creations and her generosity in donating them. And to BJ for the opportunity to contribute.

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