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Falcons sign Bruce Irvin. - David Nov 7, 05:56 1
- Yall should sign Ameer too. That would make Strongbad happy. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 06:07
The three states were Trump got his 80k votes to win the EC ALL elected Dem governors and senators last night. - TWuG Nov 7, 05:41 5
- ha ha re: hindsight. -- nm - amanda Nov 7, 06:01
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- It's good news, BUT local elections are a bit different than federal elections - ty97 Nov 7, 05:49
- Right. The "LOL nothing matters" crowd should step lightly. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 05:45 1
  - (net of 8 House seats too) -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 05:51
I can't find a final tally. Did Democrats wind up +9% on the House and +12% on the Senate? - David Nov 7, 05:40 1
- About that, I believe. -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 05:41
LOL -- (link) - ty97 Nov 7, 05:40
And if you take away one thing from last night, Maxine Waters is now chair of the Finance committee -- nm - Amoxy Nov 7, 05:24 10
- Some big bank chiefs are waking up to a headache this morning. -- nm - decline Nov 7, 07:10
- Most important things from last night imo: 1) Obamacare is safe for now 2) Adam Schiff, not Nunes, in charge of House Intel 3) Liberals did better... - David Nov 7, 05:31 8
  - I think it's a mistake to go after Trump and Russia through the House. - Inigo Nov 7, 05:41 7
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      - Yes, the base wants him out before 2020, but they REALLY want him out IN 2020 and the Dems really need to focus on that. nm - Still the Mayor of Slamtown Nov 7, 06:00
    - If they are stupid enough to impeach him, they deserve what they get -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 05:50
    - I think the DEM's need to understand that some fights energize the Trumpers. It's hard to see which is which, but they need to play on the ball. - Marlowe Nov 7, 05:48 2
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        Pass a tax cut for everyone making under 100K -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 06:08
    - In a pure "fox (or Fox) no longer guarding the henhouse" sense, it's an immediate improvement. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 05:46
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- Cool. I agree with your IM. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 06:06
Oh, that's nice to wake up to! Walker was winning when I went to bed, but lost! -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 05:15
I need hot takes! Where are my hot takes? -- nm - David Nov 7, 04:55 14
- Missouri votes Liberal but not democratic! nm - Still the Mayor of Slamtown Nov 7, 05:52 1
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- We're never taking the Senate back -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 05:29 4
  - Dems won 3 of 4 in Iowa and the fourth just won. It looks ripe. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 05:30 3
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      - Ernst only won by 9. That's targetable. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 05:55
      - It's hard, for sure. But there wasn't a Dem Senator from ND for no reason at all. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 05:47
- Jason Blum yanked off stage during award acceptance speech for talking shit about Trump -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 05:02
- Liberal Hollywood Celebrities are 0-2 in telling Georgia voters how to vote. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 04:59 5
  - Reality TV stars are 2 for 2 in telling Georgia how to vote -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 05:30 3
    - I must have missed this one. - Strongbad Nov 7, 06:04 2
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        Ah. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 06:06
  - Is it? Or is it the Beto problem where they beat the fundamentals but started too far behind to make it up? - Reagen Nov 7, 05:29
Hmmm. Better than I feared but a swing in the Senate to Republicans. -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 7, 04:47 3
- I mean, he had a measurable down ticket draw. I wouldn't dismiss that. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 05:44
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- would he have a shot at Governor there? -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 04:47
I laughed. -- (link) - Tim Nov 7, 04:37
So my takeaway is more positive than I anticipated. - Volnelk Nov 7, 04:28
Wow. Well, the surprise of the night for me here in GA is that Karen Handel lost. - Strongbad Nov 7, 03:45 5
- Polls always showed that one close, but when I went to sleep she was ahead, so good news! -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 05:34
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  - YES -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 05:34
  - I suspect part of it - Strongbad Nov 7, 04:41 1
    - Sure it does, but the actual attacks on our voting mechanisms is disgusting. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 05:35
Oh the poor dears -- (link) - Reagen Nov 7, 03:44 1
- this is funny. -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 06:05
TV PSA: Chicago Med, Fire, PD; Empire, Nature, Riverdale, Survivor, Goldbergs, American Housewife, All American, Modern Family, NOVA, Real HW, Star, -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 03:21 2
- Property Brothers, SEAL Team, Single Parents, A Million Little Things, AHS Apocalpyse, Black Ink Crew, Criminal Minds, Sinking Cities, Samantha Bee, - Beaker Nov 7, 03:23 1
  - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, South Park -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 04:49
Voter ID amendment passed here. That is going to hurt. -- nm - CQ Nov 7, 03:00
Oh whoa, Ned Lamont moved back in front. That looked like a no-hoper when I went to bed. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 02:44
Sweet. Looks like my district did its part. CA-48 flipped. Dana Rohrabacher is gone. -- nm* - budice Nov 7, 01:59 1
- Who will Putin own now? - David Nov 7, 04:42
I don't know if I've ever heard a Robyn song before, but I just stumbled over this video and it freaking made my night. COBRASTYLE -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 6, 23:05 [youtube] 5
- This is my favorite right now from the new album -- (link) - Covington Nov 7, 03:07 [youtube]
- Her other most talked about video might be Call Your Girlfriend -- (link) - Max Nov 6, 23:17 [youtube] 2
  - He biggest US hit was when she was 17 -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 23:20 [youtube] 1
    - That and Show Me Love. I distinctly remember giving her album to a coworker. -- nm - Max Nov 6, 23:25
- (To be clear, I only know it from Teddybears Stockholm and I found it while looking up their Punkrocker song with Iggy Pop) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 23:12
uhhhhh.....The New York Senate Dems needed to flip one seat. They flipped EIGHT -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 23:02
I feel like there must be more to the Clement thing. catfished + sexting is pretty embarrassing, but it seems like it shouldn't kill him entirely. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 22:58 4
- The journalists on Twitter that I follow pointed out that he’s on the Parliamentary National Security and Intelligence Committee. - Roger More Nov 7, 04:35 3
  - Though this thread... -- (link) - Roger More Nov 7, 04:53 2
    - I guess if you’re a spy you hit him in the glaringly obvious weakness. Also that’s a little more what I was expecting. Like there may be more. - mafic Nov 7, 05:18
    - sounds like he spends as much time liking shit on Instagram as my 15 year daughter (only she doesn't concentrate on pics of 20-26 year old women) -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 05:04
When copywriters get ahead of themselves. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 6, 22:51 2
- Big fans of Spinal Tap? -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 02:49
- no see, it's like a circle, so you can go there and back but only travel one way maybe? -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 22:57
Spies Like Us - Jovian Nov 6, 22:46
"Democrats seemed poised to unseat at least four Republican incumbents, giving their party command of Albany’s triumvirate of power" -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 22:38
Oh, a second bomb "scare" in victoria tonight. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 22:28
Connecticut appears on the verge of electing a Republican Governor -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 22:26
Including private photos, my flickr total is sitting at 8484 right now. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 22:19 2
- only a few months left before they charge you to have 1000. And delete anything currently in-excess -- nm - Karl_S Nov 7, 04:06
- Mine is a little over half that. 4700. I haven't taken many lately. -- nm - Meg Nov 6, 22:23
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- In case you’re like me and just catching up, Scott Walker lost. -- nm - David Nov 7, 04:53 1
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- but wait, there's more! Evers back up by 1000 -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 22:55 2
  - and now Evers by 30k. guess those missing Milwaukee ballots came in. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 23:11 1
    - and called for Evers. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 23:31
- 4,000 votes went to the independent and libertarian candidates, that could have made a difference, maybe. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 22:27
Newsom is like clear-voiced Will Arnett -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 22:13 1
- Nothing about God or Jesus. I like how in CA we're just not as churchy -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 22:17
Turkey dinner at the museum tonight. I had seconds on the pumpkin pie. - Meg Nov 6, 21:57 2
- Nice! Sounds a lot better than the Turkey/Gravy/Pumpkin Pie pringles that were mentioned here earlier today. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 21:58 1
  - Our caterer recently closed his restaurant here in town and now is just doing catering for special accounts. He's always been a big supporter of - Meg Nov 6, 22:20
Rauner got trounced in Illinois. Lost by 14 points -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 21:44 3
- How did a Republican get to be governor in Illinois anyway? -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 22:28 2
  - Dem corruption, high taxes, down economy, etc -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 22:36 1
    - See also what is (maybe) happening in Connecticut tonight -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 22:36
NCAAB: Duke beat Kentucky by 30 tonight. with Freshmen -- (link) - budice Nov 6, 21:40
but good news in WA, 4th time loser Dino Rossi lost in the most contested big money congress dist - zeitgeist Nov 6, 21:32 3
- welcome to "perennial candidate" status, Mr. Rossi. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 21:32 2
  - twice he ran for governor, contests so close there where 2 recounts, losing one by 100 votes -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 21:36
  - (the same fate awaits Ned Lamont) -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 21:33
If it's an election night, there's someone in my Facebook feed wondering how a Republican candidate lost in New York - Tim Nov 6, 21:25
NC GOP loses supermajority -- (link) - TWuG Nov 6, 21:25
Why do I not feel better about tonight? I should be happy, right? - Mayor of Slamtown Nov 6, 21:20 18
- I slept a lot more soundly tonight then the same night in 2016, I'll tell you that. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 02:21 1
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- It wasn't best case scenario, but it was far better to that than worst case scenario. Take the win. - ty97 Nov 6, 22:23
- Considering I was at one point ready to hunker down at Fort Apocalypse. I think it was a pretty good night. -- (edited) - Jovian Nov 6, 22:06 4
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    - but that was the case going into tonight anyway. - Jovian Nov 6, 22:10 2
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- not a blue tsunami, merely a slightly better than usual mid term back wash. I'm wondering if texas got fixed as much as Georgia and ND - zeitgeist Nov 6, 21:27
- lol. You had couple Dems win. Be thankful. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 21:25
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  - What do you think that path is. It's not clear to me. - pmb Nov 6, 21:31 5
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      - in summary - Beryllium Nov 6, 21:57
      - Yeah, I get what you're saying. I hate the idea that actual policy doesn't matter, but I get it. The real question is whether anyone will be more - pmb Nov 6, 21:55 2
        
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        spoilers - Beryllium Nov 6, 22:01
- Because some good people didn't win, and a few shitty ones held onto their jobs. -- nm* - TWuG Nov 6, 21:23
Newsome wins Calif Governor -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 21:20
Florida could vote between free ice cream or a kick to the head and it would split 49.5 to 50.5 -- nm - comment on bernie sanders FB Nov 6, 21:08
FL hope - Jax's County went Blue for 1st time in 30 years. -- (link) - budice Nov 6, 21:08 2
- (I don't live in Duval county.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 6, 21:43
- Bortles has Jacksonville in a blue mood -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 21:16
Bacon is right about Gov Kate Brown. Total snooze fest. I can’t think of a single initiative of hers. - Mop Nov 6, 21:08 2
- Yeah I voted more against him and less for her. -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 21:14 1
  - ... yet you didn't vote for Pres in 2016? -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 21:28
The crazy Holy War, kill all the non-Christian men candidate won reelection in WA. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 21:08 1
- Hopefully he’s made to resign. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 21:08
Beto/Gillum 2020. "the loser ticket," Trump will call it. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 21:06 13
- There's going to be a woman on the ticket. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 21:06 12
  - I’ll be somewhat shocked if it isn’t at the top of the ticket. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 6, 21:08 11
    - Ditto. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 03:43
    - I'd be somewhat shocked if it is - ty97 Nov 6, 22:24
    - Kamala Harris, possibly Kirsten Gillibrand? -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 21:09 8
      - Rumor is Town is Kamala won’t go up against Trump. Gillibrand as VP. Full ticket announced in primary rather than waiting. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 21:30 7
        
        I'm wondering if Romney tries to primary Donny? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 21:35 4
        
        not a chance -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 22:24
        
        He'd get killed. This is Trump's party now. -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 21:40
        
        I'm wondering if he's content to just sit it out as governor .. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 21:39 1
        
        Oh, apparently I am incorrect about what he won. Well, he'll be sitting in a chair somewhere, at least. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 21:40
        
        So who are you seeing. Biden? -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 21:32 1
        
        Zero chance. Unknown. -- nm - MDH Nov 7, 05:17
I like Lauren Underwood who just defeated a 4 term republican here in IL for congress. -- (link) - pmb Nov 6, 21:04
Damn. 72% voter turnout in my county. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 21:03

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