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The States: Maybe A National Divorce Is A Good Idea After All

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  • In the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court, liberal Janet Protasiewicz defeated conservative Dan Kelly 55 percent to 45 percent, as of 11:15 p.m. Eastern, per the Associated Press. As a result, liberals have taken control of the court for the first time since 2008. This could have huge policy implications: The court will soon hear a case over whether Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban is legal, and it now seems likely to be overturned. The newly liberal court may also rule that the state’s congressional and/or legislative maps are illegal Republican gerrymanders, which could give Democrats a chance to win one or two more congressional seats and several more legislative seats.
  • In the race for Chicago mayor, progressive Democrat Brandon Johnson defeated conservative Democrat Paul Vallas 51 percent to 49 percent, as of 11:15 p.m. Eastern. This was a mild upset, as Vallas had led in almost every poll (albeit by small margins). It also means that progressives will lead two of America’s three largest cities, with Los Angeles being the other and New York City being the exception.
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Kepler said:
Harold Hill: "Where would I find a good hotel?"

Iowa Man: "Try the Palmer House in Chicago."
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We walked into the ballroom. It was a big hotel ballroom. It was the Palmer House Hilton, big Hilton hotel ballroom. Walked into the ballroom, it was packed with people. It’s actually the ballroom from the end of the movie The Fugitive, remember? So, that ballroom. So, my mom and I walk in, it’s packed with people, the… Sorry, the end where Harrison Ford, as Dr. Richard Kimble, bursts in to confront Dr. Charles Nichols, right? Okay. So, that ballroom. So, my mom and I walk in, it’s packed with people. Why does Kimble confront Nichols? Well, I know we all know this, but… No, no. But, but, but… Kimble, he found out that Nichols, along with Devlin MacGregor and Lentz, who has mysteriously died, they had hired Frederick Sykes, the one-armed man, to kill Kimble. Kimble’s wife wasn’t even the target. I know we all know this. But they were gonna kill Kimble because he wasn’t gonna approve certain liver samples to pass RUD-90. So, Kimble finds out about all of this, and, of course, he’s furious. And he bursts into the ballroom and he goes, “You switched the samples!” And Dr. Nichols is like, “Ladies and gentlemen, my friend, Dr. Richard Kimble.” What accent did that guy have, by the way? He goes, “You switched the samples! And you doctored your research! So that you could have Provasic!” Anyway, so it’s that ballroom. So, we walk into that ballroom.
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Kepler said:
The issue is not why are men fat everywhere, but why are women so fat in the south and midwest?

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Because they're poor and we don't subsidize lettuce juice we subsidize corn juice.
 
Handyman said:
Probably because the media did...because they don't understand how polling works. (Hence the misuse of stats and probability works)
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Yeah, the media loved and pushed the "moderate, pro-cop" Vallas vs. "woke, progressive" Johnson narrative. I missed the dirt on Vallas that came up, but apparently his Twitter account liked some racist/sexist Tweets and he claimed it was a staffer? And he got burned for his FOP endorsement after they hosted a speech by DeFascist? Par for the course.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Yeah, the media loved and pushed the "moderate, pro-cop" Vallas vs. "woke, progressive" Johnson narrative. I missed the dirt on Vallas that came up, but apparently his Twitter account liked some racist/sexist Tweets and he claimed it was a staffer? And he got burned for his FOP endorsement after they hosted a speech by DeFascist? Par for the course.
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Vallas also touted his efforts as Public Schools superintendent. And after some digging (because the math wasn't mathin') he's the one who set CPS on a downward spiral pushing for vouchers for private schools in the late 90s, early 00s. Then cut bait and ran to a new school district elsewhere in the country to do the same. Lather, rinse, repeat about three more times, and now he comes home and campaigns on his "success."


Johnson's got a hole to dig out of with the CPD. Still waiting for those headlines of mass exodus from the FOP...
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
WI isn’t totally out of the woods yet. There’s a state senate special election tonight as well that the Dems need to stop the GOP from a super majority, where they could just oust the newly elected Supreme Court seat if they want.

That one currently has the GOP up 700 votes with 91% in, though it appears that Milwaukee is most of the outstanding precincts, which is good news.
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He won, GOP supermajority. Maybe they'll impeach 2 so they have a 3-2 majority.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Ought to be a bigger story, because something does not add up here. One usually doesn't just flip political ideologies in the span of 5 months, and her reasoning of "Online Leftists were mean to me for using praying emojis" is laughable. Either she was planted, or she's been bought.
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Bought or extorted?
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Ought to be a bigger story, because something does not add up here. One usually doesn't just flip political ideologies in the span of 5 months, and her reasoning of "Online Leftists were mean to me for using praying emojis" is laughable. Either she was planted, or she's been bought.
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A friend in NC posted about this and posted what she supposedly ran on as well which was lifted directly from her campaign website. It certainly read like the site of a liberal. Maybe not leftist but certainly more left of the current center. It actually made me lean more towards the "she was a plant" and they were waiting for a reason to have her flip at first. Everything on her site appeared to be stuff repubs are against. But at the same time, she had been in the state house for 10 years apparently as a Dem. So that actually leads me more to bought/extorted.
 
We had our local elections here in Anchorage and, despite the best efforts of our idiot conservative Mayor and his cronies (which includes a prominent megachurch), the left leaning candidates seem to be pulling off a near clean sweep. It’ll keep a supermajority in our Assembly that can override any vetos and our School Board will kept sane.

It turns out that trying to run on culture war BS like drag shows and “child porn in our schools” isn’t working, especially when the current administration can’t even get the roads plowed.
 
There were three Dems up for expulsion in the Tennessee legislature because of the gun reform protests. Two black men and a white woman. There have been two votes so far. One was expelled, the other will stay. Guess who avoided expulsion?
 
Michigan: "The Anti-Florida"

I love it! Republicans think it's pejorative, but Democrats are poised to embrace it.

I've never been happier with Big Gretch. Do I wish she was a little more progressive? Yeah, but she's exactly the leader Michigan needs right now.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
There were three Dems up for expulsion in the Tennessee legislature because of the gun reform protests. Two black men and a white woman. There have been two votes so far. One was expelled, the other will stay. Guess who avoided expulsion?
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Third vote in. Two expelled, one stays. Once again, guess the split.
 
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