Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I am pretty sure Katy Tur wasn’t always such a bootlicking sycophant.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

If marriage is the equivalent of selling yourself into slavery, women with self respect should reject the offer.

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

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Let’s finish the job.

He really is that stupid.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

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

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Democrats are back in array!

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

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

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

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Someone posted this great tweet last night.

I don’t recall the nym, so please out yourself for the hat tip!

Just wanted to mention that…

Four Directions has people in the field on every single reservation in the state of Montana.

They have election protection operations in place at some of the key location.

Jon Tester participated in the Four Directions Candidate Forum on 10/10.  No surprise that the lying racist Sheehy didn’t bother to attend.

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    We are part of what’s happening in Montana.

    Remember that if you wake up in the night, or if you have trouble sleeping.

    We are making a difference.

  2. 2.

    Mousebumples

    Thanks for sharing the good news, WaterGirl! I saw this in a thread last night and posted it up on bsky, if anyone wants to boost it up.

    https://bsky.app/profile/mousebumples.bsky.social/post/3la2fk6owet23

    I have the Four Directions thermometer in the reply.

    Also, re bsky,  I actually made a bsky starter pack for Juicers, here – https://go.bsky.app/Vd5CXK3

    I have many posters and commenters, along with some voices I see linked or front paged periodically. I’m open to adding/removing nyms, too.

    I tried to link to a Balloon Juice feed that @jasiglar.bsky.social has started, but I’m not sure if that worked.

    Bsky has no algorithm (unlike Twitter, Threads), so it is what you make of it. Follow or unfollow as you will. Block the assholes. Hopefully have some good conversations.

  8. 8.

    Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony

    If Harris wins (and I so, so hope she does), I wonder if we could look into encouraging and supporting the Native voters in OK. The are a bigger share of the population than in many states. I would be nice to weaken the GOPs death grip on that state.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    Forgot to mention that Bret mentioned that he can see that our donation are still coming in.  I think I have mentioned that they run on a cash basis when they are on the ground.  If you work today, doing relational organizing and getting out the vote, you get paid today.  In cash.

    So this is a two-for.  We are helping put food on the table for Native families and they are getting out the vote, and hopefully keeping Jon Tester in his Senate seat!

    This was one of the lovely comments in response to the tweet embedded up top.

    Montana! 1

    I am not a violent person, and I have never hit anyone, but I would like to punch this woman in the face.  I hope she is outed to her employers.

  11. 11.

    Jackie

    YAY Four Directions!!! I refuse to concede the Senate – and absolutely refuse to believe Montanans will vote slimeball Sheehy into office.

  14. 14.

    sab

    People don’t vote if they don’t think it matters. Let them know it matters and they will vote. Four Directions was my biggest and earliest contribution this year.

    I rarely do late contributions. Organizing staff not ads are what matter. Feet on the ground matter, and you can’t get that without organizers.

    ETA And they don’t matter much if it’s too late.

  20. 20.

    Jackie

    @WaterGirl:

    I am not a violent person, and I have never hit anyone, but I would like to throw a bottle of firewater punch in this woman’s in the face.

    I’m not a violent person, either, but I could easily visualize this!

  26. 26.

    Splitting Image

    I count about 36,000 votes in that list. Tester won in 2018 by a margin of about 18,000 votes. This turnout will make a real difference in the race.

    Fingers crossed.

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    @Splitting Image: You make an excellent point.

    In NV, AZ, MT, GA, Wisconsin (and I know I’m forgetting one more state that Four Directions works in) the Native vote has consistently been larger than the margin of victory.

  30. 30.

    👻David 🎃Booooooo🎃 Koch💀

    Where are the candidates today?

    Where’s Donald Trump? Rallying in Lititz, Pennsylvania, at 10 a.m. ET, then in Kinston, North Carolina, at 2 p.m. ET, then in Macon, Georgia, at 6:30 p.m. ET.

    Where’s JD Vance? Rallying in Raleigh, North Carolina, at 12:30 p.m. ET, then in Aston, Pennsylvania, at 4 p.m. ET, then in Derry, New Hampshire, at 7 p.m ET.

    Where’s Kamala Harris? In Michigan attending church in Detroit in the morning, then making local stops in Livernois and Pontiac before rallying in East Lansing at 6:30 p.m. ET.

    Where’s Tim Walz? In Georgia participating in a political event in Atlanta at 11 a.m. ET, then speaking in Gwinnett County at 12:15 p.m. ET, then hosting a rally in Atlanta at 2:45 p.m. ET, then heading to North Carolina to participate in a political event in Charlotte at 6:45 p.m. before heading home to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he’s set to land at 10:15 p.m. ET.

     

    HA! Vance is already running for the NH primary in 2028.

  31. 31.

    dnfree

    I’ve mentioned before that I started a monthly contribution to Four Directions way back when WaterGirl first brought them to our attention. I’m so glad for that. WaterGirl, yes, all of us who contributed in any way can be proud/happy, but you should be proudest/happiest of all of us because you made it happen!

  32. 32.

    PAM Dirac

    @Splitting Image: From the 2020 election it looks like the total vote will be a bit over 600K. The latest poll I found was Emerson (known R lean) with Tester behind by 3%. Native American turnout appears to be hard to definitively measure but the estimate I found for reservation voters in 2020 was abt 25K. If 2024 turnout is adding abt 12K to that it’s abt 2% which does make things very interesting.

  33. 33.

    mali muso

    Thanks for giving us opportunities to make a tangible difference! Just tossed a little more in the Four Directions thermometer. All brakes, no gas.

    ALL GAS, NO BRAKES!

  35. 35.

    Alice

    Fantastic! Four Directions gets it done. Thanks for introducing me to them, WaterGirl. They’ve become my first choice for GOTV donations.

  36. 36.

    PAM Dirac

    @Mousebumples: Thanks for that. It really did make it easy to get started and so far, even though I might be missing some things, I find I really, really like that I know where things I see came from and don’t get most of what I see decided by the site.

  41. 41.

    rk

    Can someone explain to me why is everyone saying that Kamla Harris won’t win Iowa? I mean if the pollster is accurate then she should win it or is definitely within the range.

  45. 45.

    Mousebumples

    @Citizen Scientist: happy to help!

    I can try to post up a few suggestions for acclimating later tonight maybe. Hoping kiddo bedtimes will be smooth in an hour or so but time changes are rough.

  46. 46.

    Marcopolo

    Yesterday I saw a post about spending in the MT senate race.  It broke out to $450 per registered voter in MT.  Crazy.  No doubt targeted donations to boost the Native American vote have infinitesimally more impact than dollars spent just about anywhere else in the state.

    Thanks to all the BJers contributing in all the different ways to win these elections.  I’m cautiously optimistic—though still not attending a watch party.

  47. 47.

    Mousebumples

    @PAM Dirac: yup! The lack of a algorithm is great – but I had to retain myself to reskeet (like re-tweet) vs just liking stuff I wanted to share. You need to reskeet to share posts (skeets) with those that follow you.

    Glad it’s working for you!

  49. 49.

    Mousebumples

    @rk: Harris might win, but a 47/47 split is within the MOE, and there were enough undecideds or “wouldn’t disclose” or third party voters that it’s far from in the bag.

    My general rule of thumb is that if my candidate isn’t crossing 50, there’s too much uncertainty, even if they’re ahead.

    Maybe those undecideds won’t turn out. Maybe the RFK curious will vote for him, or swing to Kamala. Who knows?

    I’m still excited about the Selzer Iowa Poll, though, because it shows an “unexpected” strength for Harris in the Midwest/Rust Belt. Women are furious, and it shows.

  51. 51.

    Mousebumples

    @Marcopolo: my watch party will be on my couch, tracking socials and BJ while watching something with my husband on the TV.

    9pm central is my pumpkin time. If it looks good for Harris, I’ll stay up. If it looks to be slow reporting, uncertain, or 2016-redux, I’m going to bed.

    I continue to be nauseously optimistic.

  52. 52.

    karen marie

    This quote from an earlier post:

    That said, the latest Epstein revelations probably aren’t going to help Trump’s standing with women:

    I’m curious whether this is being reported on either cable or broadcast news programs.  I don’t have cable or an antenna, so I only see clips shared on the internet, and I’ve seen only a couple short descriptions of “the tapes.”

  56. 56.

    karen marie

    @WaterGirl:   “Deborah Dauwner” / “Debbie Downer.”

    But it was the actual handle – “TBdoes12yrolds” – that made me gasp.

    My guess it’s a guy who thinks he’s funny and should be investigated for child pornography

    ADD:  You kids are on the ball, as usual.

  57. 57.

    The Audacity of Krope

    @rk: They don’t know Iowa. I don’t know Iowa either, but I know better than to listed to the odds makers.

    Never tell me the odds.

  61. 61.

    Scout211

    Wow!  Canvassing  and phone calling jackals represent!

    The Harris campaignlaunched more than 57,000 volunteer shifts yesterday, reaching out to voters through door-knocking and phone calls, a senior campaign official told reporters on a call.

    Campaigners knocked on more than 1.85 million doors across battleground states, the official said. That included knocking on more than 807,000 doors in Pennsylvania, about 256,000 doors in Michigan and 215,000 doors in Wisconsin. Harris allies have knocked on more than 16 million doors to date, according to the official.

  62. 62.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Mousebumples: ​
     

    I’m still excited about the Selzer Iowa Poll, though, because it shows an “unexpected” strength for Harris in the Midwest/Rust Belt. Women are furious, and it shows.

    This. Win or lose in Iowa itself, I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell that what Selzer’s poll is showing is limited to Iowa.

    Nobody had even been thinking about Iowa as a swing state, even after Selzer’s only previous poll since Biden dropped out showed Kamala behind by only 4. Whatever has pushed Iowa from red to ‘could go either way’ has to be helping us in MI and WI, and hopefully is helping Osborne in Nebraska too.

    Guess we’ll find out two nights from now.

  64. 64.

    Argiope

    @Scout211: That seems like a lot–well done, us.  I did another 62 doors today and when I went in, there were 3 brand newbie canvassers getting trained for the final 48 hours.  Good stuff.  I met some lovely people today–best shift so far by a lot.

  66. 66.

    Melancholy Jaques

    We need an native Ohio writer to explain What’s the Matter with Ohio?

    Good chance it’s all the Democrats’ fault, but I’d like someone to explore the question. I haven’t lived there since ’99, so I am at a loss to understand or explain.

  69. 69.

    Jackie

    Has anything been noted on Ohio? What with the Haitian cruelty in Springfield, and isn’t there an initiative or referendum on gerrymandering, Brown’s senate seat – plus WOMEN! Is Ohio a possible sleeper state?

  71. 71.

    Argiope

    @Jackie: Unfortunately, the state league ratfucked the ballot initiative language to make it sound like the opposite of what it will do, and that’s causing us problems.  The OH Supremes let it stay (R-dominant currently).  It’s become quite partisan.  Hopeful but not as hopeful as I was for our last ballot initiatives (legal weed and reproductive rights).

  74. 74.

    Mousebumples

    @Ohio Mom: it is the perfect way to describe my optimism and 2016 PTSD, lol! And I borrowed it from someone else, so I’m happy to share.

  75. 75.

    Betty

    Lily Gladstone has put out an endorsement for Tester with encouragement for Native Americans to use their power by voting.

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