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I don’t know the law well enough to guess how the judge will rule on allowing the Seattle Police Department to be added as a defendant in a sex trafficking case. But damn. There should be mechanisms to hold SPD accountable, even if a lawsuit isn’t it.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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  1. 1

    A more accurate headline would be to link it to Randi Weingarten.

    Nation’s report card: Massive drop in math scores, slide in reading linked to COVID disruption

    Students in fourth and eighth grade saw unprecedented declines in math and significant dips in reading achievement between 2019 and 2022, according to the results of national exams given last school year and released Monday. The declines were broad-based — affecting students in every state and every region of the country.
    “The results point out and confirm that this is a pretty massive hit to student achievement in our country,” said Scott Marion, a testing expert and member of the board that oversees the tests.
    Other researchhas already shown that academic progress was derailed during this period. But the results from the closely watched National Assessment of Educational Progress provide the most detailed and authoritative accounting yet, with data coming from a representative set of students nationwide and allowing for comparisons across states and some cities. 

    Teachers made a shit-ton of money while abandoning students. Lots of “free” $1400 checks and other goodies, summers off…

    The GOP has two weeks to ram this down Democrats’ throats.

    Democrats fucked America’s kids. Voters should fuck Democrats for doing it.

  2. 2

    Wouldn’t it be great if the illegal redistricting effort by NY Democrats took down Carolyn Maloney, Mondaire Jones, AND Paul Maloney?

    NEW YORK HOUSE
    NY-17 Rating Change: DCCC Chair Maloney Moves From Lean Democrat to Toss Up

    When YLB cheered a VA legislative seat flip in 2019, it was because there wouldn’t be any more redistricting when Democrats controlled the state legislature there. Somehow, her logic seemed not to have worked out in New York state.

    Dumb twats gonna dumb twat, and our YLB is absolutely HA’s dumbest twat.

  3. 3

    We’d be better off if Trump had been re-elected.

  6. 6

    Ginny I know the election was stolen. Don’t worry I got it. Not only will I not revues myself I’m going to delay your pal Lindsey having to answer questions.

    It’s perfect. There will be no ball leash at all on me being an utterly corrupt Justice just two weeks before the election.

    I’ll just sign it myself.

  9. 9

    Nothing says US Senator material..

    One person in that photo looks like an entertainer of some kind..

    The other person is an experienced Georgia politician who succeeded in helping elect two Dem Georgia US Senators and she is running for…

    Governor..

    pay better attention kreepshit.. Doesn’t speak well to your “intelligence”..

    Yes, “PUSSY” fills the heads of you and your kreepshit pals at teh VIP lounge of widbee.. We understand how it addles you.

  10. 10

    A headline on one of the stock market apps.

    “Stocks Continue to Sizzle in October”

    Yeah, we’ll how else do the fat cats get fatter?! Duhhh.

  12. 12

    God Bless President Joe Biden, keeping the US a democracy instead of being run by a bunch of fascists swamp dwellers.

  14. 14

    Oh look everyone.. Another school shooting..

    https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-shootings-crime-5aa844c9d070bb4e6fc64151da76d6a4

    Look at the picture.. Black folks are involved.. We know what kreepshit would knee jerk:

    Chicago..

    buzzzzt… nope.. St Louis, MO..

    Only the most violent city in America..

    Where is the likes of Hee Hawley on the gun violence in its State?

    running…

    And where is lord kreepshit… fixated on Chicago (that’s 20th on that list btw).. like drumpf fixated on the “guilt” of the Central Park Five…

    asshole is as asshole does…

  16. 16

    @1 I’m surprised you didn’t post that Covid-19 was transported from a Wuhan bioweapons lab to the U.S. by union teachers who smuggled it past customs by smearing it on $1400 checks. Your unimaginative and lame attempt to smear teachers and Biden’s Covid-19 relief checks* overlooked a real opportunity.

    * Technically, advance payments of a tax credit, therefore a tax break for people making less than $100k a year, which Republicans find highly offensive as tax breaks are only supposed to go to millionaires and billionaires.

  17. 17

    @1

    One might also notice that the Educational system was totally unprepared to deal with something they should have been thinking about for a long long time. Like what happens when a mass shooting happens in a 20,000 student mega high school? How do you complete the school year in a building no one is going to re-enter. Shuttle them to other campuses? What if it’s the 45,000 student school in PA? How do we deal with a large population of students that literally will not attend their school due to trauma, natural disaster or plague?

    And never mind the logical fallacy. “Math scores plummet after lockdowns” It must be this reason…because we want it to be…even though….we can’t show it….in fact it’s probably something else….because….evidence….WE KNOW IT CAUSE WE FEEL IT!

    Literally for this theory to be true States that did zero statewide lockdowns at all should have stayed constant or increased….but:
    Arkansas: Scores dropped
    Iowa: No change
    North Dakota: Scores dropped
    South Dakota: Scores dropped*
    Utah: Scores dropped
    Wyoming: Scores dropped

    Huh…let’s go back to “after school lockdowns”. How can this be? If they didn’t lockdown….how did the lockdown decrease the scores? So very logical, Captain.

    “Hi we’re the republican party. And even when there is absolutely no evidence to support our claims, even claims that can be easily proven false, we’re going to run with our claims. We have no evidence and no solutions but…..the Democrats are sheep!”

    *worth noting that not only did South Dakota keep schools open but also emphatically rejected the idea of any restrictions on activity at all. Yet their scores dropped.

  18. 18

    ‘nother!

    The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has mostly pulled out of New Jersey’s 7th district, leaving two-term Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) to largely fend for himself in his re-election campaign against Republican Thomas Kean, Jr., the New Jersey Globe has confirmed.

    With fifteen days left in the 2022 mid-term elections, the DCCC has still not reserved any television time and has spent relatively little money to protect Malinowski, a party loyalist who got the short end of the straw in a new congressional map drawn by Democrats.

  19. 19

    Teachers made a shit-ton of money while abandoning students. Lots of “free” $1400 checks and other goodies, summers off…

    And kon-klown deathsatanist gave them raises..

    “Over the last three years, we have worked hard to increase teacher pay,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “We have invested more than $2 billion in teacher pay, and with rising inflation, this could not come at a better time. This will help Florida to recruit and retain great teachers.”

    Heh.. kreepshit those kneepads for kon-klown – it’s a great look for ya… like deathsatanist’s “serious maga boots”..

    Please keep wearing it. Before we know it you’ll be cheerleading public school teachers up and down.

  20. 20

    @ 17

    Literally for this theory to be true States that did zero statewide lockdowns at all should have stayed constant or increased….but:
    Arkansas: Scores dropped
    Iowa: No change
    North Dakota: Scores dropped
    South Dakota: Scores dropped*
    Utah: Scores dropped
    Wyoming: Scores dropped

    I see the same block figure, which for those interested is here.

    Scores dropped in 43 states or possessions, and stayed in the same range in only 10.

    Rather than looking at absolute scores relative to the prior year (2019) for the states, it’s instructive to instead look at how the states performed relative to the national average. You can find that here.

    Specifically, let’s look at the four largest states – CA, TX, FL, NY.

    Math grade 4:

    CA and NY performed below the national average, with NY 7th from the bottom.
    TX and FL performed above the national average, with FL # 4 in the nation. (Since you pointed out SD, I’ll point out that both Dakota states were in the above average group, and ND was # 6.)

    Math grade 8:

    CA performed below the national average.
    TX, FL, NY performed at the national average.
    (ND, SD performed above the national average; SD was 4th in the nation.)

    Reading grade 4:

    FL was 3rd in the nation.
    CA, TX, NY performed at the national average, all with the same score. (Dakotas average, too.)

    Reading grade 8:

    CA, FL, NY performed at the national average.
    TX below the national average.
    (SD performed above the national average.)

    Overall there’s a trend to better performance by TX and FL, and worse performance by CA and NY, over those four parameters I listed.

    And there is definitely evidence that SD did better than the other states. Open schools and emphatic rejection of restrictions, perhaps.

  21. 21

    How do we deal with a large population of students that literally will not attend their school due to trauma, natural disaster or plague

    Breeding will not save them

  22. 22

    This will help Florida to recruit and retain great teachers.”

    Yeah, especially the ones that prefer not to have freedom of speech.

  24. 24

    Jayapal got took to the woodshed today after her Ukraine comments. Other House Dems are pissed at her.

  25. 25

    After a dozen paragraphs of copy-pasta to drag the goal post closer to where the stupid fuck neeeeeds it to be we get…

    Open schools and emphatic rejection of restrictions, perhaps.

    That’s the hardest working “perhaps” you’ve ever seen.

  28. 28

    @17 I hate to pop your balloon, but …

    “Like what happens when a mass shooting happens in a 20,000 student mega high school?”

    Such a school doesn’t exist. The largest high school student body at a single location in the U.S. has ~5,900 students.

    “What if it’s the 45,000 student school in PA?”

    That’s an online-learning institution whose ~50,000 students are spread across all 50 states.

  29. 29

    @20 Online learning is a bust. Death is a bigger bust.*

    * Even if severe illness and death rates is lower among school-age children, they could bring a Covid-19 infection home and infect the adults in their households, contributing to community spread, hospitalizations, and deaths.

  30. 30

    @23 When the left shouts down speakers, it’s generally speakers who deserve to be shouted down.

    https://thehill.com/homenews/3702633-penn-state-cancels-student-organized-appearance-by-proud-boys-founder-citing-threats-of-violence/

    It’s not like the quality of speech is equal on right and left. But that said, I’m not for censorship, and especially not for mob censorship. However, I’m also not for government dictating what private companies must publish or who they must hand a microphone to.

  31. 31

    @23 When the left shouts down speakers, it’s generally speakers who deserve to be shouted down.

    https://thehill.com/homenews/3702633-penn-state-cancels-student-organized-appearance-by-proud-boys-founder-citing-threats-of-violence/

    It’s not like the quality of speech is equal on right and left. But that said, I’m not for censorship, especially mob censorship. I’m also not for government dictating what private companies must publish or who they must hand a microphone to.

  32. 32

    @24 I live in her district. As the Republican candidate is not a viable alternative, feel free to vote for me as a write-in. If elected, I will serve. I promise to support military aid to Ukraine without reservation, conditions, or blackmail.

  33. 33

    @26 One thing online learning has going for it is your kids are less likely to get shot.

  34. 34

    31,
    Maybe you can help me out, Rog.

    I’m trying to remember that time a newly elected president “with a mandate” from a minority of the popular vote, who relied on a Supreme Court intervention to win, promptly instructed his unqualified Attorney General to completely ignore a growing threat of major, violent terrorist attacks against the US and instead focus entirely on getting rid of The Playboy Channel.

    Was he a “leftist”?

  35. 35

    33,
    Your kids are less likely to get shot the further you keep them away from guns-for-anyone Republicans.

  36. 36

    @34 I’m more than happy to assist.

    “Bush’s approach in most situations seemed a reactive combination of calculations to avoid his father’s mistakes and to reject Clinton’s policies. This was especially clear in international affairs: in his first nine months he reversed Clinton’s policy toward China, proclaiming it no longer a ‘strategic partner’ but a ‘strategic competitor’; in the Middle East, by withdrawing U.S. involvement in the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians; toward Korea, by abandoning the negotiated accord that had frozen the North’s nuclear program and by humiliating President Kim of South Korea, who was promoting North-South reconciliation, during his March 2001 visit to the White House, contributing to a wave of anti-Americanism in a country that was among the staunchest American allies; by withdrawing U.S. support from the Kyoto treaty on global warming; and by forsaking Clinton’s efforts to address the dangers of international terrorism.

    “During the transition between administrations, National Security Adviser Sandy Berger arranged several extensive briefings on this last subject for Bush’s incoming national security adviser, Condoleeza Rice, and others on the Bush team, including Vice President Cheney. One briefing lasted half a day. Berger told them that Osama bin Laden was an ‘existential threat’ and told them that he wanted ‘to underscore how important this issue is.’ In another briefing, Richard Clarke, head of counterterrorism in the NSC, the single most knowledgeable expert in the government, gave them a complete tutorial on the subject. In yet another briefing, CIA officials were brought in to go over all the intelligence available on terrorism.

    “Don Kerrick, a three-star general and outgoing deputy national security adviser, overlapped for four months with the new Bush people. He submitted a memo for the new National Security Council warning of the danger of terrorism. ‘We are going to be struck again,’ he wrote. But as Kerrick explained to me, he received no answer to his memo. ‘They didn’t respond,’ he said. ‘They never responded. It was not high on their priority list. I was never invited to one meeting. They never asked me to do anything. They were not focusing. They didn’t see terrorism as the big megaissue that the Clinton administration saw it as. They were concentrated on what they thought were higher priorities than terrorism.’ The Principals meeting of national security officials took up terrorism only once, after constant pressure from Clarke, on September 4, 2001, and at that meeting they discussed using unmanned Predator drone spy aircraft, but no decision was made. ‘Unfortunately,’ said Kerrick, ‘September 11 gave them something to focus on.’”

    — Sidney Blumenthal, The Clinton Wars (New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 2003), pp. 797-798.

    And he should treat his relatives better.

    https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-chart.php?name=21789 hugh hefner&kin=3103 george w bush&via=16357 samuel smith

  37. 37

    @35 True. And even online learning doesn’t keep Republican kids safe. They’re probably safer in school than at home.

  40. 40

    It seems the link in #36 works only if no text is in the box. I haven’t seen that happen before.

  42. 42

    A whole year?

    Good thing they didn’t ask a Tennessee poll worker if they were eligible to vote.

    CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months before the November 2020 election pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony charge.

    Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Virginia, face a maximum of a year in prison after they pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of telecommunications fraud.

  43. 43

    If you Cherry pick data the argument still doesn’t hold.

    Let’s look at the four largest states.

    At the 4th grade level:
    In Math CA performed 4 pts below the national average….same as in 2019 (5 point drop)
    TX performed 4 points above the national average…same as in 2019 (5 point drop)
    FL performed 6 points above the National Average…same as in 2019 (5 point drop)
    Only NY performed worse over the period 7 points under from 3. (10 point drop)

    In Reading
    CA performed 2 points below the national average, up from three in 2019 (2 point drop)
    NY preformed 2 points below, down from one (5 point drop)
    Texas performed 2 points below, up from three (2 point drop)
    Florida perfomed 9 points above, up from 6 (no change)

    At the 8th grade level
    In reading
    CA performed 3 points below, up from five (6 point drop)
    TX performed at the average, down from up one (7 point drop)
    NY performed 1 point below, same as 2019 (7 point drop)
    FL performed 2 points under, same as 2019 (8 point drop)

    Math
    CA performed 3 points below, up from 5 (6 point drop)
    NY performed 1 point below, no change (7 point drop)
    TX performed at the average, up 1 (7 point drop)
    FL performed 2 points below, unchanged (8 point drop)

    So there is little to differentiate any of these large states statistically from pre to pandemic testing except 4th grade math just in NY and FL 4th grade reading.

    How is it that TX and FL which did not shut down schools for a significant amount of time AND returned to in class school much earlier than CA and NY also tested worse in 2022 than in 2019 in general? If the cause is the fallacy of shutting down schools then clearly TX and FL would have performed at or near their 2019 levels.

    This is not what happened. An overall drop in scores between 4-7 points was nearly universal in schools that did and did not shut down. So the cause must lie elsewhere.

    Must be the gays and the CRT distracting all those kids. Or maybe declining funding and demonizing teachers and the well reported mass teacher shortage in many states is starting to show up in test scores. I can’t authoritatively say but we can demonstrate with the data that it wasn’t simply Covid shut downs.

    (just for fun SD, math 4th grade 5 point drop, 8th 8 point drop.
    reading: 4th, three point drop, 8th 1 point drop)

  44. 44

    Must be the gays and the CRT distracting all those kids. Or maybe declining funding and demonizing teachers and the well reported mass teacher shortage in many states is starting to show up in test scores. I can’t authoritatively say but we can demonstrate with the data that it wasn’t simply Covid shut downs.

    Yes, and the fact that Hetero parents are self centered and spending too much time at MAGA rallies. Breeding will not save them

  46. 46

    I saw a news feed wherein some guy suspected of killing 4 people was found dead in Nevada. Great! No trial expense, and we’ve gotten rid of the piece of shit to boot!

  47. 47

    Well fuck. We’re really gonna get hammered with this actual abortion bill on the ballot. We need to turn this around so it doesn’t drag down our candidates for office

    (Produces totally made up ad)
    “Democrats slipped a forced sterilization into the abortion bill. (Name of Democrat) supports sterilizing females. What they want is no kids at all for climate change”

    Roll it out!!!!!!!

  48. 48

    Charlie Crist’s campaign alleged via Twitter that DeSantis supporters chanted “Refried Beans!” at Crist’s Hispanic running mate.

    They were actually chanting “Keep Florida Free!”

    Tweet deleted.

    How long before Democrats realize that they have nothing to gain from any association with Charlie Crist?

  49. 49

    @45 Neanderthal Hetero? They are the more violent types. Killing their wives and children.

    Breeding will not save them.

  51. 51

    What they want is no kids at all for climate change”

    What the GOP wants is to kill them in a massacre or by daddy.

  53. 53

    @ 24

    How bad was Jayapal’s mistake?

    This bad:

    Josh Kraushaar
    @JoshKraushaar
    ·
    17m
    When in doubt, blame the staff…
    Quote Tweet
    Andrew Solender
    @AndrewSolender
    ·
    18m
    NEW: Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal says in a statement they’re withdrawing their Ukraine letter.

    “The letter was drafted several months ago, but unfortunately was released by staff without vetting. As Chair of the Caucus, I accept responsibility for this.”

    Andrew Desiderio
    @AndrewDesiderio
    ·
    53m
    NEWS: House progressives weigh *retracting* their controversial letter on Ukraine amid intense backlash from fellow Democrats & the fact that it was released w/o the knowledge of many signatories.

    w/ @alexbward @nicholaswu12 @jordainc

    https://politico.com/news/2022/10/25/house-progressives-russia-diplomacy-00063338

    Er, accepting responsibility means resigning as caucus chair. “My bad.” doesn’t begin to cover it.

    Jayapal advocated capitulation. The few House Democrats who are not cowards did not take kindly to being labeled as cowards by Jayapal’s work.

  54. 54

    Q: How do you compel Democrats to show concern for deaths of inner city black children?

    A: Make them believe that too many dead black kids means fewer live black adults to vote Democrat.

    Democrats growing anxious — again — over Black turnout

    Upthread @ 14 is the latest example of serious concern expressed by a libbie on HA over the deaths of black people in a violent city.

    Anybody still wonder why I refer to her as HA’s Unserious Twat?

  55. 55

    In June, House libbies thought the Dobbs decision would be enough for them to avoid massive midterm losses, and therefore openly supporting cowardice didn’t seem to be an issue at the time.

    Congresswoman Sara Jacobs
    @RepSaraJacobs
    ·
    2h
    Timing in diplomacy is everything.

    I signed this letter on June 30, but a lot has changed since then. I wouldn’t sign it today.

    We have to continue supporting Ukraine economically and militarily to give them the leverage they need to end this war. twitter.com/alexbward/stat…

  56. 56

    The NRSC pulled funding from Bolduc a day before the Emerson poll showing him inside the MOE with Hassan.

    GOP internals must not look that good. Or QoS McHillbilly is right about Scott.

  57. 57

    Er, accepting responsibility means resigning

    Like Al Franken did?

    Fuck that shit.
    Matt Gaetz drugged and fucked kids. Remember?

    If everyone everywhere would only agree to unilaterally disarm and walk away, Putin can have
    everything.

  58. 58

    Literally steal.

    Breaking911
    @Breaking911
    ·
    HILLARY CLINTON: “Right wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election.”
    7:00 PM · Oct 24, 2022

    Hillary and Bill get 15% of everything collected through this fundraising appeal.

  59. 59

    Anyone have a link to viewing the PA Senate debate live?

    I wonder what Moobs McDroolski will wear in his effort to hide that evil twin growing out of the base of his skull.

  60. 60

    How do you compel Herschel Walker to show concern for all the women he impregnated and then paid off to have abortions?

    We’re any of those unborn “inner city black children”?

    Degen claims they were.

    How do you compel Degen to show concern for them?

  61. 61

    @57

    Not content to re-tweet people with a couple thousand followers after a decade of trying now it’s people who are terrified of letting someone who doesn’t agree see anything.

    You’re unable to view this Tweet because this account owner limits who can view their Tweets. Learn more

  62. 62

    @ 59

    How do you compel Herschel Walker to show concern for all the women he impregnated and then paid off to have abortions?

    Same way you compel Hillary Clinton to express regret for the four people who died in Libya while she was SoS.

    You cost him an election.

    Bet Hillary regrets it now.

  66. 66

    It’s a Bloomberg piece, but I think it’s a nice touch that it was picked up in Spokane.

    BUSINESS
    Inflation starts to drag on consumers powering U.S. economy

  69. 69

    37 former colleagues and staff of Charlie Crist just signed a letter endorsing 2024 President-elect Ron DeSantis for re-election as governor.

  70. 70

    You cost him an election.

    “You”?

    “Cost”?

    For the life of me I just can’t see where those well worn Kreepshit kneepads figure into that claim.

    Degen must have gulped down gallons of rich, creamy, Bulldog Boy Batter and he’s still on his knees begging.

    He’s a “man” of his word 😉

  71. 71

    Two hours ago @ 55 I wondered why the NRSC pulled the plug on Bolduc in NH.

    Apparently some of the GOP were wondering as well. This posted a half-hour ago:

    35 mins ago – Politics & Policy
    Scoop: National Republicans jump back into New Hampshire Senate race

    The National Republican Senatorial Committee is recommitting resources into the New Hampshire Senate race, according to an NRSC official, just days after the Senate GOP’s top super PAC cancelled its spending on behalf of nominee Don Bolduc.

    Why it matters: The strategic shift comes as new public polling shows Bolduc, a far-right, MAGA-aligned candidate, is within striking distance of Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) despite being dramatically outspent. An Emerson College poll released Monday showed Hassan leading Bolduc 48%-45% — within the margin of error.

    Driving the news: The NRSC will be spending about $1 million on a new ad financed jointly between the committee and the Bolduc campaign. The spot will begin airing later this week.

    Every stupid thing First Vegetable Joe Biden says or does helps flip NH to the GOP.

    The big picture: Biden’s approval rating in the Emerson survey is a lowly 40%. The poll finds Biden and Trump statistically tied in a presidential campaign rematch — in a state Democrats have carried since 2004.
    …
    What they’re saying: “Our polling, along with recent public polling, shows that this race is in the margin of error and winnable. The NRSC is proud to stand with General Bolduc. We’re going to win this race so Don Bolduc can bring real leadership back to this Senate seat,” NRSC chairman Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) tells Axios.

    As residents of New Hampshire watch Fetterman disintegrate and watch the NY governor and a few NY House members crumble, they’ll have a front row seat when it happens to Hassan.

  72. 72

    Hassan’s lead over Bolduc was 13 points in late September and 7 points fewer than two weeks ago.

    It’s now a MOE race.

    Tell us more about abortion rights, Maggie. Forget about crime and inflation and recession. Tell us why women should be free to abort their child up to three months after the time of birth, without guilt or consequence.

  73. 73

    Also Axios:

    Last week, the Democrats’ House Majority PAC moved funds from an Oregon district Biden carried by nine points to salvage a suburban Portland district Biden won by 13 points.

  74. 74

    1. Let your boyfriend punch a protester outside your Town Hall meeting.

    2. Refer to the police force that conducted your bf’s arrest as a disgrace.

    3. Get caught.

    Josh Kraushaar
    @JoshKraushaar
    Cook Report: “Rep. Katie Porter faced blowback for calling Irvine’s police department a ‘disgrace’ in leaked texts following a violent scuffle outside one of her town halls…Today she’s at genuine risk in her Biden +11 House seat.”
    cookpolitical.com
    House Overview: 9 Rating Changes as Democrats’ Blue State Problems Grow | Cook Political Report
    Two weeks out, Republicans have the momentum in the race for House control. Last week, the GOP regained the lead in FiveThirtyEight’s generic ballot average for the first time since August amid…
    12:49 PM · Oct 25, 2022

  76. 76

    As I await tonight’s PA Senate debate I’m kinda glad that it’s being held so late in the campaign. If it’s a disaster, the Democrats have far less time to gin up a reason to dismiss its importants on a national scale.

    It’s not enough that Democrats are fine with a clearly incapable individual in the nation’s highest office. They want to do the same thing to the Senate. And no, I wasn’t referring to Mandela Barnes.

    If Fetterman performs well, I likely deserve everything y’all send my way afterward.

  78. 78

    Jayapal is YLB’s fave congressperson ’cause they’re both chickenshit cowards. And they wear the same pantyhose and nail polish.

    Andrew Desiderio
    @AndrewDesiderio
    ·
    19m
    A source familiar with the situation told POLITICO that Jayapal personally approved the letter’s release on Monday. https://politico.com/news/2022/10/25/house-progressives-russia-diplomacy-00063338

    After the POS herself approved it yesterday, her staff released it, allowing her to claim @ 52 that it was “released by staff”.

    I hope it was one of her own staff that dropped a dime on the POS. Not all Democrats are lying cowards. Most, but not all. Some work for congresspersons.

  79. 79

    And that face!

    POLITICSCONGRESS
    She’s One Of Congress’s Leading Progressives — Just Not In Her Own Office, Staffers Say
    Former staffers who worked for Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a House Democrat who built her reputation on being a champion of workers, say her treatment of her staff was often inconsistent with her public image.

    Despite the fact that Jayapal is one of the highest-profile progressives in DC and the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, 14 former staffers from throughout her nearly five years in Congress describe a dysfunctional and volatile workplace. There is, they said, a serious disconnect between how she talks about workers’ rights and how she treats her own staff.
    …
    Since taking office, Jayapal has had one of the highest staff turnover rates in the House, due in large part, former employees said, to the unrealistic standards she sets. “It’s not sustainable to be able to stay for too long,” one said.

    Only 14 people think she’s awful. So not everyone. Just most.

  80. 80

    We don’t want to get sued….call it “Our Struggle”

    npr
    We compared the official release of
    @DineshDSouza’s “2,000 Mules” election denial book with the version recalled by Regnery.

    All references to specific, named nonprofits that D’Souza accused of “ballot trafficking” have been removed.

    “The official release of the book also completely removes a claim that True the Vote was able to determine the supposed ballot ‘mules’ had links to antifa and the Black Lives Matter movement.”

    D’LyinSack D’Idn’t wanna actually have to D’Fend D’Book.

  81. 81

    @ 76

    Four of the five authors of the retracted article have university medical school affiliations in the US.

    It was a published paper prior to retraction.

    And there was an earlier, lab-based published paper.

    I agree that all of the data now looks bad. But at the time of publication, there wasn’t contradictory evidence. If it was just silly horse dewormer then there would be no reason to perform confirmatory studies, as was done.

    How many retard kids received methylphenidate before that paper was finally retracted?

  82. 82

    This is is silly. Not every district will finish this way.

    InteractivePolls
    @IAPolls2022
    NYT Nate Cohn: “If every district finishes 7 points better than 2020 presidential election result (GOP+3) — Republicans would come away with 259 districts — an almost 𝟓𝟎-𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 and the LARGEST Republican majority since the Great Depression”

    https://archive.ph/RaGIv
    6:07 AM · Oct 25, 2022

    Some districts will finish even redder.

    I do this shit just to scare y’all.

  84. 84

    Hey G-clown, just think how high the market will jump the morning after both houses of Congress flip to the GOP.

  85. 85

    In recognition of John Fetterman’s participation in the PA Senate debate, tonight’s HA thread will be titled

    Dribbling Liberally

  86. 86

    Now that Yeezy’s are dropped the ONLY people standing by me are my good friends the Republicans.

    It’s great to go to a GOP event because there are no Jews there.

  87. 87

    What’s the over/under gonna be on Election Night?

    35?

    36, maybe?

    POLITICS
    OCTOBER 25, 2022
    Biden Job Approval Back Down to 40%

    Given the relationship between low job approval ratings and midterm election outcomes, Biden’s unpopularity is likely to be a drag on his fellow Democrats’ chances in this fall’s voting.

    Gee, ya think?

  88. 88

    It’s not over until The Fat Cow sings.

    Greg Bluestein
    @bluestein
    ·
    2h
    New notebook item: Stacey Abrams is pulling back her TV spending with two weeks to go before the election. Her campaign says she’s spending $1M on TV ads this week, down from $2.6M last week. Kemp reserved more than $2M in ad buys this week #gapol https://ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/on-the-georgia-trail-a-hyundai-groundbreaking-gets-political/TY6DLG5SNZGSBKZE4WH22ZOR2E/

    It’s over. Kemp will continue to run ads to give Walker coattails, of sorts.

  89. 89

    The resident of an Oklahoma City, Okla., home took action when an intruder allegedly forced his way inside on Sept. 30, 2022. Around 4 a.m., the resident was awakened by the sounds of movement inside the home, which he initially believed to be his niece. However, upon venturing out into the hallway to investigate, the resident discovered a stranger sitting quietly at the kitchen table. The stranger barely spoke for a while before, as the resident recalled, “He started walking around, mumbling, and went into my living room, knocked some pictures down, so I went into my bedroom and grabbed my gun.”
    The resident then called to his niece as the stranger continued to stumble around, and his niece told him that she had no idea who the man was. As the intruder ran into a religious shrine and knocked it over, the resident pointed his firearm at the man. However, the intruder then began to advance on the resident. Hesitant, but fearing for his life in that instant, the resident fired on the man, wounding him. The stricken intruder was taken to a local hospital, where he was expected to recover from his injuries. (newson6.com, Oklahoma City, Okla., 08/01/2022)

    Thomas Joyce of Randolph, Mass., became suspicious when he heard noises and observed a man walking up and down the back stairs to his house. Taking up his licensed firearms. Joyce confronted the stranger, who had forced open Joyce’s car, and held him at gunpoint for police. The suspect was placed under arrest for felonious breaking and entering of a motor vehicle. (The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.)

  90. 90

    Good little lapdog. The NRA appreciates your unquestioning support.

    Thomas Joyce is dead. The incident you refer to happened in 1987. He died in August of 2021. Since his passing some 40,000 people have been killed by a handgun in this freest country that God himself and the little baby Jesus founded.

    Meanwhile, Sept. 30 2022 when someone shot a probable drunk in the wrong house…

    The Male of a hetero arguing couple in McComb Mississippi fired in the direction of the female, missing and hitting her 4-year-old daughter.

    A law abiding citizen attending a gun show in Chantilly VA, shot himself in the foot.

    A law abiding citizen experiencing road rage in Columbus Ohio shot another motorist.

    A law abiding citizen in Omaha NE cleaning his gun at 3am for some reason, possibly tired and emotional, shot his roommate.

    A law abiding citizen fired shots in a Chuck E Cheese parking lot after some kind of an altercation inside but struck no one.

    But do please keep bringing up those very rare self defense scenarios. We love it when you distract from the carnage if only for a day.

  91. 91

    The Male of a hetero arguing couple

    No surprise, no surprise, surprise, surprise. It’s an STD

  93. 93

    Hey G-clown, just think how high the market will jump the morning after both houses of Congress flip to the GOP.

    Of course, it’s a big gimmick. Fat cats got to make their money. If you like money with racism, that’s awesome!

  94. 94

    @69 Degen must have gulped down gallons of rich, creamy, Bulldog Boy Batter and he’s still on his knees begging.

    He’s a “man” of his word

    So appropriate that you put quotation marks on the word “man”. He’s no man. He’s too fucking weak to be called a man.

    The weak fucking troll actually responded to the last comment I posted. First, my post,

    I suggest people stop talking about whatever it is the troll wants to talk about. Talk about what he doesn’t want to discuss…

    Their violent 1/6 insurrection intended to end our democracy.
    Their ongoing slo-mo coup attempt to end our democracy.
    Their rabid desire to completely re-write our Constitution.
    Steve Bannon pushing right-wing plot to radically rewrite the Constitution as soon as next year.
    Their leader’s theft of our nation’s Top Secret documents.

    Don’t play their fucking game anymore.

    I left one out yesterday.

    The low IQ traitor’s response? He posted a stupid poll and called me the nation’s enemy. Am I his enemy? Damn straight I am. I want him fucking dead.

    The troll is a fucking coward. He won’t discuss these issues because he is utterly lacking the courage of his convictions. If he had any courage what so fucking ever he would admit that he wants democracy in America to die, killed by Republicans who intend that our democracy be replaced by totalitarian fascist rule.

    Don’t play his stupid fucking game.

    Our weak troll responded thus.

    You’re adorable, Steve. A little Chris Hayes, minus the testicles.

    And then this,

    Steve is an hysterical eunuch. He’s now a joke.

    A few comments later he said this to Roger who, as we all know, served in Vietnam,

    You are incredibly weak, Robinhood Dumbfuck Rabbit.

    At one time or another he’s described each of us as being “weak”, as well as our president, of course.

    Sigh! Wingnut projection. It’s a Psych 101 thing.

    The stupid fucking troll is pathetically weak. I say the troll is weak because, as we all know, he’s a fucking coward.

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