Yeah, I don't blame him. And that general election would have been real tough on him considering the type of attacks that Trump would use. I still think it'll be looked back on as one of the pivotal moments in the history of this country.

Lauren Boebert also looks a lot like Lacey Chabert.

Was wondering what's next for BBB. Senate gyrations start next week.

Here are the hurdles for Biden’s Build Back Better plan when the Senate returns - MarketWatch

Matthew McConaughey is not running for governor of Texas. That train derailed before it got going.

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I really hope she gets replaced by Mila Kunis

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/polit...nia/index.html
Noted quack Dr. Oz is joining the clown car for US Senate in Pennsylvania

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Heh, just noted this in the Trump thread.

It doesn't sound like he grew up there (not sure?), but I think it could be amusing that Dr. Oz was born in Cleveland. I feel like that, alone, will be enough to sink him in Western PA.

Apparently Oz went to college in Pennsylvania

Well hell, I had a layover in Denver once, maybe a Colorado house bid against crazy Boebert is in my future?

He lives in New Jersey, works in NYC but apparently voted by absentee from his in-laws' house in Philadelphia.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...s-say/3063223/

Hoping Fetterman wins the Democratic primary there, he'll win easily I think.

Mark Meadows has turned over files and paperwork and will testify before the January 6th panel. Wonder if that revelation that he used his personal email to harass the Georgua SOS has him spooked?

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Or that that same SOS testified for over 4 hours to the Committee today?

Not going to fault Chris for wanting to help his brother. But he prob should have taken a leave of absence and explained to his viewers upfront "love my brother, going to help him where I can, but don't want any misunderstanding with conflict of interest".

Yeah that would have been the responsible journalist thing to do, and probably a conversation CNN should have had with him all this started. He could have come back to CNN after it was all over, now I'm not sure they will take him back

After oral arguements on the Mississippi law today, we can say good by to Roe.

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He might just take the 5th before the panel.

But this strikes me as a semi-significant development.

Meadows is a smart guy, and he's going to have a sense of what's going on, and if he has decided that jumping off the Trump Train is in his best interest, that might mean that there's some sense that the Trump inner circle is in some danger.

As long as there is a sense that Trump will survive unscathed and punish his enemies and reward his friends, there is no reason to be anything other than Steve Bannon defiant.

I think Roberts wants to uphold the limits without completely overruling Roe. But there might be 5 votes for overruling even without him.

Roberts wants to keep slowly killing it and he has to convince Justice "I like beer" to go along with him

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Charlie Baker dropped the 2022 MA Gov race today, largely, it seems, because the state GOP is more supportive of Trump's candidate in the primary.

Baker won MA by 33 pts and coincidentally Trump lost MA by 33 pts.

10 years ago, Baker seems like the type of guy who could have strong national aspirations. Now, he's getting pushed aside as a RINO.

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WTA is doing the right thing. I know some officials met with her in a conference call (supervised I'm sure) and supposedly she said she was good. Would like the video or meeting recording to be released and let's see. And after that, have her do another meeting but this time in person in neutral country.

Unfortunately, don't think WTA has enough heft. There needs to be other sports organizations doing the same thing.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/tenni...ntl/index.html

Shouldn't the accountable person for the dysfunction is Harris' chief of staff Tina Flournoy and not a communications director or chief spokesperson. Maybe that's what Flournoy is doing right now to get better alignment.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/polit...ris/index.html

Looks like they are going to go full-throttle with the anti-abortion ads here (well, probably NoVa) if recent local commercials are any indication.

It's weird because overturning Roe would probably help Democrats come election time. Abortion felt like a carrot Republicans loved to hold in front of their voters but never actually wanted to eliminate it (Obamacare is similar in that respect).

Maybe that doesn't matter as much now that so many states are setting up to more or less remove voters from deciding elections.

Although Democrats had the chance to prevent this back when Obama took office and failed to do so. It was something Obama talked about on the campaign trail and said it was a Day 1 thing. But he dropped it after being elected. So maybe voting Democrat wouldn't matter anyway.

What exactly could've Obama done?

Codified it.

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The Dems are always three moves too late.

"Now that the GOP has locked in gerrymandering and voter suppression and election administration, and majorities on the federal courts, we are going to seriously consider forming a committee to decide whether we should create a task force to resolve whether we should have a commission to make non-binding recommendations about whether we should have done anything about that before it was too late. But in the interest of fairness, we will only form the committee if a majority of Republicans say that they won't mind."

MEDIA: Dems pursue hardball tactics at risk of alienating moderate voters.

dola: The only reason I have any hope that the 1/6 committee will say anything other than "Those terrorists were awesome, and it is out fault for not letting them kill us" is that they have a couple of Republicans on it.

double dola: And I'm out. Apparently, I am not in the right frame of mind to be anything other than a whiney bitch today :-)

The Democratic Party’s Guide to Keeping Your Rights - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency


"Maybe there’s something wrong with your district? Have you tried turning your vote off and turning it back on again? See if that does anything."

Albionmoonlight, we've all had those days. It is hard not to have those days constantly.

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The problem with the 1/6 committee is that they'll release a report, it will be thorough and devastating, and they'll expect it to make a difference.

But it won't. They need weeks, if not months, of public hearings, based on the Watergate model. They need to force this into the national conversation for a long time. For example, these witnesses claiming the fifth should have to do that on television to specific questions over and over. Make it clear what they are worried was criminal behavior.

I would like to see that too...tho I imagine that even if they could arrange that right-wing news would simply choose not to air any of it, which wasn't a consideration in the Watergate era.

The same court that is about to overturn Roe vs. Wade would easily overturn the Freedom of Choice Act.

That doesn't do any good anymore. Think of how many people, after lots of congressional inquiry and discussion, still couldn't have given a rip about the Mueller report and investigation.

I'm not saying they shouldn't try, I'm just saying it requires an electorate that gives a darn. Most of the people who give a darn don't need convincing. The ones who could be convinced, will only be convinced by other issues (namely, those that immediately and concretely impact their bottom line).

In general, it mattered to John Q. Public that Nixon's administration and Nixon personally broke the law. It mattered more than partisan allegiances. That's why he was booted. By the 90s at the latest, we'd gotten to the point as a society where we no longer cared about that kind of thing as much. The situation hasn't improved since.

Don't think Ukraine or the West can do much to stop this militarily if Russia wanted to go forward with it. Assume there will be sanctions and many words, but that hasn't stopped Putin before.

U.S. intelligence finds Russia planning Ukraine offensive - POLITICO
Interesting note on SWIFT. No idea how significant it would be assuming countries like China will still continue to do business.

Handmaids tale shit....How did we get to this place?

Truly one of the most disturbing things I’ve witnessed in a long time. A Congressman, in a bid to overturn Roe V Wade and deny American women reproductive rights. Publicly referred to them as “Earthen vessels, sanctified by Almighty God.” Give me strength. pic.twitter.com/LvYM46GRVN

— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) December 3, 2021

I don't know much about the newly elected Mayor of Atlanta Andre Dicksens, but the way he came from obscurity to win that election by landslide versus a well-known early favorite suggest he someone to keep an eye on. What I am reading it was mostly his charisma and relate-ability that put him over the top. He could be a real up-and-comer.

Nothing Madison Cawthorn does is a surprise at this point. He's as bad as MTG and Bobo except he's a white male which actually makes him far more dangerous within the GOP.

Sounds like the right decision. My guess he'll wind up at MSNBC.

Merry Christmas from House Representative Thomas Massie.

Serious question, do Republicans actually send out cards like this to family? Who the fuck sees this and goes, "This guy has always been pro 2nd amendment, voted that way, campaigns on it, but until I saw the Tremors: Christmas Special family cosplay I wasn't sold on the sincerity."

Does anything scream I am a complete fucking douchebag more then that picture?

I own guns, but never felt the need to express it as some phallic symbol of my manhood.

So the women in that picture just want penises?

They shut up and do as they are told.

Or, they are actually as big a part, sometimes bigger, part of that culture than the men are.


Yes. A great many things do.

He is pandering to his base and he (and family) seem to believe in 2A. Good trigger discipline.

The M60 (didn’t know you can buy one) and tommy gun are interesting.

Definitely screams celebrating Jesus's birthday

It’s like the truck nuts of family portraits.

I am sure you are able to cross reference what would replace a penis for the women.