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2018 Midterm Election Thread

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Game on, boys and girls! It’s election day, and the polls have closed in half the states.

Kindly note that this is an election thread. Keep on topic or kindly shuttle your ass to the open thread below.

I’m headed to Drinking Liberally now, so surprise me with your insights in the comment thread.

6:01: Well…at least Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has won!

6:04: Beto still leads by a hair. And Klobuchar (D-MN) has won.

6:05: Looks like Felons in Florida are going to be able to help elect the next President!

6:07: Cool…I am just getting caught up here after arriving at DL. Hey…a D is leading in NE for Gov? Interesting.

6:16: My early assessment is that this is not really a blue wave. More like a blue splash. There are some very pleasing results, like Ted Cruz trailing a punk rocker–Ted Cruz is a weasely punk. But many races are going, more or less, as expected.

6:32: Oh…cool.

Many of you hear “Donna Shalala” and think, “Oh yeah, Clinton’s HSS secretary.” But Donna Shalala was the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin—Madison when I earned two degrees. She signed my diplomas. I’ve chatted with her. So…cool.

6:59: WOW! Kansas! Gov!

7:21: MSNBC is now calling the House for Democrats.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleIt’s been a wild couple of years feeling like our democracy has been held together with spit and bailing wire. Today, we’ve wheeled ‘er into the pits to clean off the grunge, replace some nuts and a few bolts, do some serious alignment and, perhaps, a rebuilt the top end. Please join us Tuesday evening for an Election Day rally at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

But, before you stop by, if you haven’t done so please be sure to return your ballot in a drop-box. Here’s how you can find a ballot drop box near you.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern for our usual 8pm starting time. For election night, some of us will show up much earlier.

The Roanoke will have TVs tuned to election coverage. They have free WiFi. And you can buy drinks! If you insist on hearing every word of coverage, bring headphones and a device to stream audio. What can I say? Bars can be noisy.

We’ll be live-blogging the election right here.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 259 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Samantha Bee: Larry Krasner—Finally a good DA?.

Robert Reich: The American social contract

Nancy Pelosi: Chocolate taste test.

Vox: NAFTA, explained with a toy car.

The Orange Nationalist, Dotard Трамп, and Other Sociopaths:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Jim Jefferies: Staying healthy is actually killing us.

Wendover: The magic economics of gambling.

Comics discuss the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

VOTE!

WaPo: How social media is changing the presidency

The Atlantic: Holocaust survivors remember Kristallnacht.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Stephen: Leader Nancy Pelosi makes a midterm prediction.

The Altlantic: You should be worried about your DNA privacy.

Racists Suck:

TED: How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff.

WaPo: The life of the first woman Supreme Court justice.

Roy Wood, Jr.: Black Floridians who made history.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleHave you voted yet? If not, do not delay! Fill out that ballot and drop it in a mailbox on your way to the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 256 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Vox: The biggest corruption scandal in Latin America’s history.

Stephen: Nebraska’s painfully honest new state slogan.

Seth Meyers: Wrong take.

WaPo: U.S. hunters stir controversy with overseas kills.

Second Thoughts: Why the IPCC report is so scary.

Robert Reich: Message to millennials:

Mental Floss: Spooky Halloween facts!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Stephen: Florida’s Senate debate hs some mic drops.

Vox: The quest for the perfect apple.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

WaPo: Megyn Kelly’s rocky tenure at NBC.

The Atlantic: Don’t blame social media for violence

Stephen reveals a sketch of the serial bomber.

Kurzgesagt: Why beautiful things make us happy.

Nationalist Dotard Трамп and other Pre-existing Conditions:

Real Engineering: Can we block the sun to stop climate change.

Late Show: One question with Hillary Clinton.

The Daily Show: Black girl midterm magic.

Bill Maher: Peak Florida .

WaPo: How preexisting conditions became a central issue ahead of the 2018 midterm elections

Comics take on Megyn Kelly’s black face comment.

Late Show: Tuesday The 6th: Voting Day:

The Atlantic: Men are socialized to “act inhumanely”.

Amber Ruffin addresses Megyn Kelly asking if blackface is racist.

Jimmy Dore: Utah voters “values” are “shocking” as Mitt Romney reveals.

New Yorker: Andy Borowitz & Adam Schiff on how Democrats can win.

WaPo: Here’s what Florida’s demographic changes mean for the midterm elections.

Robert Reich: The next crash.

Jimmy Kimmel: Utah Senator tries marijuana for the first time.

WaPo Opinion: Political ads want you to be afraid. Very afraid.

Vox: Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated.

Minute Physics: Legitimate cold fusion exists.

Lauren Mayer: Doin’ The Deficit Side Step:

Rachel Maddow: New data shows why NC Republicans want to end Sunday voting.

Full Frontal: The rainbow wave is coming.

Late Show: How Saudi Arabia is reporting the news

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

The ballots have dropped and there are only two weeks to the midterm elections. Let’s chat about it at this week’s meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 256 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen: Tucker-boy Carlson can’t go to restaurants anymore

Trevor: Elizabeth Warren proves her Native American heritage.

Samantha Bee: Voter suppression:

Wendover: Greece’s geography problem.

Late Show: Canada already has a pot tourism ad.

Mark Fiore: Profit now, die later.

Trevor: Global warming threatens the beer supply

Mother Jones: November could actually bring good news for voting rights

The Dotard Трамп and Other Horses Asses:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

SNL Weekend Update: U.N.’s Climate Change Report.

Full Frontal: The no-wave wave.

Jimmy Kimmel: Congressional Candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on healthcare, education & voting.

Robert Reich: Three easy fixes for Social Security and Medicare

Stephen: Here’s why white supremacists are chugging milk.

Trevor: “Cornerstore Caroline” falsely accuses a 9-year-old black boy of sexual assault.

Kingdom of Murder:

Jim Jefferies: America has a recycling problem.

Late Show: What went on inside Ted Cruz’s brain while debating Beto.

Samantha Bee: Culture Wars, Episode 69.

Late Show: Moses updates the Ten Commandments:

NASA: Science at 17,500 MPH.

Trevor: GOP voter suppression ramps up in Georgia.

Vox: How IKEA gets you to impulsively buy more.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for some politics-inspired conversation and cocktails. Only three more weeks until the midterm elections!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? No prob…there are 255 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Vox: Why the US celebrates Columbus Day.

Robert Reich with Mayor Michael Tubbs: New approaches to fighting inequality.

The Atlantic: The search for murdered and missing American Indian women.

Appalachian great-grandma calls out the GOP.

The Dotard Трамп and His Ilk:

Vox: Watch the US stall on climate change for 12 years.

Brave New Films: Locking up migrant children is government sanctioned child abuse

John Oliver on Brazilian elections.

Bill Maher: New Rule—The fault in our stars.

Supremely Boofed:

WaPo: Video claims to show chain of events in Istanbul on day of Khashoggi’s disappearance.

Bill Maher: This week in stupid.

Mental Floss: Everything you didn’t know about paper!

Midterms!

Physics Girl: How to make fluid “climb” up!

Vox: How racism shapes jury selection.

Trevor: Kanye West and Taylor Swift pick political sides

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for a bit of conversation over a cocktail. And, you know…we’ll all receive our “angry mob” checks from George Soros. Hey…there are just 28 days until the midterm elections!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? No prob…there are 254 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen: Steve Kornacki looks into his midterms crystal ball.

Minute Earth: The secret weapon that could help save bees.

Lauren Mayer: Oh, Beto!:

Real Engineering: How we will colonise the moon.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Power begets power.

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Rape Deniers:

Kurzgesagt: Why meat is the best worst thing in the world.

James Corden and Eric Idle: “We are probably all going to die’:

Now This World: The problem with the UN veto power

Supremely Boofed!

Jim Jefferies: All America wants is the most entertaining candidate.

Wendover: Why the world is running out of pilots.

Late Show conspiracy theories with Damon Wayans Jr..

The Atlantic: Can women’s anger save America?

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us Tuesday evening for our weekly gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’ll drink beer. Boys and girls both. Yes, we’ll drink beer. We liked beer. We still like beer. We’ll drink beer. We’re old enough. Yeah…we’ll drink beer. We like beer….

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 254 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Seth Meyers wants you to vote.

John Oliver: Facebook (overseas).

Vox: Why America needs automatic voter registration.

Samantha Bee: Revenge of the cheerleaders.

The Atlantic: The chimp who thought she was human.

FOD: Non-voters anonymous.

The Dotard Трамп And His Fellow Comedians:

Trevor: 911 in South Africa.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Stephen with Hillary Clinton: It’s a “fair request” to ask FBI to investigate Kavanaugh allegations

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Supremely Boffed:

Jimmy Kimmel: Six siblings run attack ad against Congressman Brother.

Stephen: The state that’s removing Hillary Clinton from textbooks

Jimmy Dore: https://youtu.be/IWYvxPry9bM?t=42s

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us tonight for another evening of politics and conversation over a drink at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. There are just six weeks to the mid-term elections!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 254 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen links Big Pharma’s Sackler family to America’s opioid crisis.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Vox: Why every social media site is a dumpster fire

The Dotard Трамп and Other Toads:

College Humor: Our weirdest sex misconceptions.

Kurzgesagt: How we could build a moon base TODAY.

Puerto Rico Moves Forward:

Stephen: The most Canadian marijuana story ever.

Jim Jefferies: Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ad isn’t about taking a moral stand.

Midterm Fever:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Daily Show: How racist is Boston?

Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie caught taking laundered money from embezzler.

Stephen: Are Bert and Ernie a gay couple?

Supremely Fucked:

Vox: Don’t blame scooters. Blame the streets..

Samantha Bee: The case for even more universal health care, part 1

Samantha Bee: The case for even more universal health care, part 2

Daily Show: Minorities Report—Stopping racist 911 calls.

Stephen: Michelle Obama goes on tour, rock star style.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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