The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

[Kepler]

Picture a drunken Mel Gibson rant, but replace the overt Antisemitism with loud and proud homo/transphobia.

So, every evangelical sermon.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Send them to Gitmo and waterboard them until they give up their co-conspirator terrorists.

(I'm kidding, of course. We already know they are Republican Members, media, and voters.)

Glad to see the jury was as unmoved by the defense's angle of "acquit to send a message to the FBI" as I was. In fact, in the wake of the recent Mar-a-Lago operation, it annoyed me. If you want to try and litigate entrapment in the court of law, fine, but the obvious political bent of that particular phrasing was an insult to the jury's intelligence.

[bronconick]

Dan Webster in Florida (R-11) holds off nutbar Laura Loomer for Congress 50.7 to 44.5

[Kepler]

Crist v DeSantis

[Spartanforlife4]

Peltola increases her lead slightly in Alaska.

https://alaskapublic.org/2022/08/23/...ction-results/

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I love this

“despite no state income tax, most Texans pay more in taxes than Californians”

https://twitter.com/houstonchron/sta...Ne1_XGTXjXhtgA

[MissThundercat]

New guilty verdict in Whitmer kidnapping plot.

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rap...4sB9mCPb7CO2TY

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I love this. **** these talibangelicals going Around getting books banned

https://twitter.com/mrsamartini/stat...Ne1_XGTXjXhtgA

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Big victory in ny19 for the dems

[Jimjamesak]

Peltola increases her lead slightly in Alaska.

https://alaskapublic.org/2022/08/23/...ction-results/

She needs about another 2-3% in her lead to beat Palin (according to polling data from one of the better pollsters up here). With current numbers it’s going to be awfully close.

[Spartanforlife4]

She needs about another 2-3% in her lead to beat Palin (according to polling data from one of the better pollsters up here). With current numbers it’s going to be awfully close.

Too had this is just for the special. Unless it propels some more democrats to come out this feels more like a surprise shock for Republicans and people’s first time with RCV. Probably helps them shore up support for the general. I saw the third Republican is dropping out of the general so now November’s election will be the exact same as the special.

[Jimjamesak]

Too had this is just for the special. Unless it propels some more democrats to come out this feels more like a surprise shock for Republicans and people’s first time with RCV. Probably helps them shore up support for the general. I saw the third Republican is dropping out of the general so now November’s election will be the exact same as the special.

It’s actually really good for her and the general in November is looking even better. She was a virtual unknown with no funding (she had almost no advertising and wasn’t even the Party pick for this race) who’s beaten an AFP funded family dynasty kid and gone toe to toe with a former Governor in a low turnout primary election. She can absolutely win in November.

[Spartanforlife4]

It’s actually really good for her and the general in November is looking even better. She was a virtual unknown with no funding (she had almost no advertising and wasn’t even the Party pick for this race) who’s beaten an AFP funded family dynasty kid and gone toe to toe with a former Governor in a low turnout primary election. She can absolutely win in November.

Agreed it’s good she’s doing this as an unknown, but will this force Palin and Begich to be friendlier to shore up 2nd place votes or is the divide between them too much?

[Jimjamesak]

Agreed it’s good she’s doing this as an unknown, but will this force Palin and Begich to be friendlier to shore up 2nd place votes or is the divide between them too much?

The divide is too much, Begich’s only to path to victory is beating Palin and Palin is way too divisive, even on the Republican side.

Peltola needs money for advertising though. It’ll be interesting to see if the Native Corps start dumping money into her campaign and if she can get help from national sources too.

[Kepler]

Assume Palin has no interest in winning but it just grifting for donations she will then pocket.