Me so far:
No one knows what it’s like to be hated
When we take the House in 2018, won’t it be that much sweeter if Paul Ryan’s out on his ass, whoring for corporate money as a civilian instead of as a member of Congress? Let’s give to his opponent Randy Bryce here.
Remember: Ryan will overspend to try to keep his seat if he gets nervous, so giving money to his opponent is a good investment in any event. Let’s make sure he’s scared.
Come on, come on down, you got it in ya
Projection: Ralph Northam (D) has been elected next governor of VA, defeating Ed Gillespie (R). #VAGOV
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 8, 2017
This doesn’t mean Northram ran a great campaign. He shouldn’t have freaked about the Latino Victory Fund ad, because no one gives a fuck. Also too no one gives that much of a fuck about his reaction either, so it didn’t hurt him much. But you never throw your supporters under the bus. Leave that shit for Bill Clinton circa 1992.
The environment is very good for Democrats.
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Election Night Open Thread
Are we going to be happy tonight or sad?
Please be happy.
Open Thread: Not All Heroes Wear Capes
#AkimaLLC should have applauded Juli Briskman's bravery and honesty. I hope she sues them, and I will help crowdfund her legal bills. pic.twitter.com/64GbGy5asq
— Laura (@LauraDalMare) November 6, 2017
Her name is Juli Briskman (@julibriskman), she's from my hometown (Sterling, VA) and she's a patriot. Someone give her a job. Thank you. https://t.co/v7Bc89Va7t
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 6, 2017
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“Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.”
Local columnist Petula Dvorak, in the Washington Post:
It was the middle-finger salute seen around the world.
Juli Briskman’s protest aimed at the presidential motorcade that roared past her while she was on her cycling path in Northern Virginia late last month became an instantly viral photo.
Turns out it has now cost the 50-year-old marketing executive her job.
On Halloween, after Briskman gave her bosses at Akima, a government contracting firm, a heads-up that she was the unidentified cyclist in the photo, they took her into a room and fired her, she said, escorting her out of the building with a box of her things.
“I wasn’t even at work when I did that,” Briskman said. “But they told me I violated the code-of-conduct policy.”…
Because Briskman was in charge of the firm’s social-media presence during her six-month tenure there, she recently flagged something that did link her company to some pretty ugly stuff.
As she was monitoring Facebook this summer, she found a public comment by a senior director at the company in an otherwise civil discussion by one of his employees about the Black Lives Matter movement.
“You’re a f—— Libtard a——,” the director injected, using his profile that clearly and repeatedly identifies himself as an employee of the firm…
Did the man, a middle-aged executive who had been with the company for seven years, get the old “Section 4.3” boot?
Nope. He cleaned up the comment, spit-shined his public profile and kept on trucking at work.
But the single mother of two teens who made an impulsive gesture while on her bike on her day off?
Adios, amiga…
TY new friends. ??? Please vote! GN
— juli_briskman (@julibriskman) November 7, 2017
There’s at least one GoFundMe account set up in her name, but I don’t know if it’s been verified.
In the Good News department, the retired children’s librarian who laughed at Jeff Sessions in public will not be charged a second time. Maybe Sessions’ lawyers convinced him he’ll be too busy elsewhere to give this case his full attention?
Desiree Fairooz tells me she’s relieved she’s no longer facing "a criminal conviction for a chortle” https://t.co/hz21O9kzAs pic.twitter.com/Jaif9gBoum
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) November 7, 2017
Call Your Friends, Call Your Family
And tell them to vote, particularly if they live in Virginia.
Unless they are Republicans.
I called and texted all the people I know!
General Stupidity (Open Thread)
So, I was browsing online for holiday gifts, looking for a novelty motorcycle license plate frame for my husband. I eschewed frames decorated with the naked lady silhouettes popularized by semi-truck mudflaps and settled on a Batman frame instead.
But among the items my search returned was a doodad that allows people to attach their phones to the handlebars of their motorcycle, presumably so they can read (or send!?!) texts and follow maps while driving? WTF?
Speaking of stupid:
LOL, dumb fuck! I hope his Virginia-based Twitter followers take that advice to heart.
Open thread!