The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

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Newsom is a nonstarter. If pressed, I would say Whitmer is more viable than Pete, but neither particularly get my constituent blood flowing.

[dxmnkd316]

There are only like four viable presidential candidates on the Democratic side.

Pete, Whitmer, maybe newsom, and... I don't know. I guess whichever one of the Castros has by vying for it.

[Handyman]

I think he dies early in a Prez run. (Metaphorically speaking)

[aparch]

That is what I heard as well. I hear way better things about the Gov than I ever did about the Mayor.

The Libertarians and Republicans hate Prtizker because of his latest antics (the midnight passing of the assault looking* weapons ban being the leading issue currently), along with his "handling" of the pandemic... *rollseyes at those people*.

And he's got a statewide shade over himself for being "old money, old politics" in Illinois (a green space garden in the city is because his family was the benefactor of it, and his family is the heirs to the Hyatt fortune). The stunt he pulled during the renovation of his house prior to the election still stings too. Cook County property tax is assessed on the habitability of a house, uninhabitable houses are valued at just 10% of market value. Pritzker, to save on taxes, had all the toilets removed from the house to make it uninhabitable knocking the assessed value from over six million to right around one million.

Pritzker has been good for the state, but listening to anyone outside the collar counties, and even some within, he's been a useless failure (with no proof offered).

Honestly, Rauner was the last decent Republican (and knew how to keep Madigan and his ilk well in check, but he got run off thanks to the MAGA-ing of politics. Rauner was pro-life, but staunchly supported pro-choice because "that's up to the woman and her doctor."


Back to JB, the gun bill, and some other maneuvering he's done in the last few weeks, has been fueling rumors that he's going to make a Presidential run. Outside of Illinois, those political "blunders" aren't mentioned, which gives him a more favorable review nationally.




* Any scary looking guns are banned. Everything from actual AR-15s and AK-47s, to 22s that merely look like "assault" weapons. Scary looking rifles, handguns, and some shotguns are banned. The only thing you can legally purchase or own (unless grandfathered by having previously owned) are traditional looking handguns with a magazine capacity smaller than 15, and traditional looking rifles with a magazine smaller than 10 rounds. Or some shotguns (I forget the details with them).

[Handyman]

She was similar to Biden for President for Chicago: the best option at the time.

That is what I heard as well. I hear way better things about the Gov than I ever did about the Mayor.

[aparch]

Liberals I know in Chicago were never fans of her...

She was similar to Biden for President for Chicago: the best option at the time.

[aparch]

Lori definitely promised a lot and then underdelivered. The Pandemic kinda hamstrung her, but she did zero favors to herself by getting into repeated squabbles with aldermen. Especially when she was caught on tape yelling profanities at an alderman at the height of the George Floyd riots. And then, she got into hige squabbles with the Police Chief. The entire Police (who themselves were caught on video lounging in an aldermans office when riots were taking place on the street in front of the office. On top of that, she also had some other political blunders like her office covering up a botched demolition project in a Latino neighborhood that her office could have easily prevented.

Rahm was a smooth talker. Lori wasn't.

Also, Kepler, no, that's not her.

The setup is a former Cook County commissioner versus the former head of the Chicago Public Schools. Both have previously been on the receiving end of benefits from former Democratic Speaker of the Illinois House and persona non grata Michael Madigan, who is currently inder federal investigation involving ties to a local utility supplier. Madigan also famously ended the political career of a high school senior who wanted to run for his local ward alderman office, only to face off against a political buzzsaw in Madigan.

On the transportation side, our industry is leaning towards Vallas.

[Kepler]

Is this the Indian feather chick? I never quite followed how that worked for her in Chicago.

Tulsi hated her so that's a positive, but from her bio she just looks like an average zzzzz machine pol from Chicago. Most likely corrupt because they all are, hated by the Right because they are f-cknuts.

Let's just have the actual liberal win. He won't do anything to help because this is America we can't have real solutions, but maybe he won't be as sh-t as Rahm.

[Handyman]

Liberals I know in Chicago were never fans of her...

[Swansong]

Not sure where else to put this, but it looks like Chitown is getting a new mayor after Lori Lightfoot came in third place yesterday. So it will be a runoff between Brandon Johnson, who came in second and campaigned to her left, and Paul Vallas, who is in the lead, endorsed by the FOP, and campaigned to her right.

Vallas strikes me as an Eric Adams type: nominally a Democrat but only because they're in Democratic-leaning states and the Republicans have gone ****ing bonkers.


I'm an outside and have not paid that much attention to Chicago, but Lightfoot struck me as... kinda not so great. Much more promise than delivery, not so capable a leader. No, I don't get this impression from the garbage right wing sources, just my observations. Admittedly, ****ty observations.

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Not sure where else to put this, but it looks like Chitown is getting a new mayor after Lori Lightfoot came in third place yesterday. So it will be a runoff between Brandon Johnson, who came in second and campaigned to her left, and Paul Vallas, who is in the lead, endorsed by the FOP, and campaigned to her right.

[MissThundercat]

West Virginia MMA fighters are willing to provide security for drag events. I love this!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...rity-drag-show

[MissThundercat]

Republicans in Iowa want to ban same sex marriage. And the language in the bill is especially transphobic.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...iage-rcna72759

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And where did all those racist Dixiecrats go? To the Republicans. Where are all the racists now? Republicans. This is so silly.

Silly lib, the Southern Strategy is a lie the Democrat Party tells. ;-)

[Swansong]

Florida bill to decertify the dems as a party

https://***********/mdixon55/status/...m0hraDb5Yqpq5w

And where did all those racist Dixiecrats go? To the Republicans. Where are all the racists now? Republicans. This is so silly.