Open Thread, Nov. 9: Equal Pay, Elections and Halladay’s Plane
Stories searching for lessons in Tuesday's election litter the ground like autumn leaves, and I'll be damned if I rake them all up. A couple of them are worth your time,…
Song Of The Day: Nov. 9, 2017
One of the great soul ballads of all time. Out of the Philly Gamble and Huff stable. Of course, it really should have been Teddy Pendergrass and The Blue Notes,…
“Our State Has Decided to Allow Our Children to Become Transgenders”
That's the opinion of one man, anyway, State Rep. Rich Collins, R-Bedrock, who vows not to let it happen on his watch. WXDE's Rob Petree, who interviewed Collins, cited the…
Tea and Clickbait: The NFL, Bannon and Brains
Football took another blow to the head at a University of Maryland symposium, with several sportswriters acknowledging that it's going to be hard to make a collision sport brain-safe. Bob…
“Smell Ya Later!”
That's what Paul Ryan is going to say to Trump the day after the idle rich get their big tax cut. Duncan Black's post election summary correctly noted that two…
I Gotta Get off My Ass and Get Moving Like These Dems
These folks sure didn't spend the last 12 months sulking. They got shit done!
Mazahir Salih will be the first Sudanese-American to join the Iowa City Council following her win on Tuesday.
Lisa Middleton is the first openly transgender person to be elected to a non-judicial office in California. She’s joining Palm Springs’ city council.
Laura Curran will be the first female county executive for New York’s Nassau County.
Cathy Murillo’s victory on Tuesday makes her the first Latina mayor of Santa Barbara, California. She has been a city councilwoman since 2011.
Open Thread Nov. 8: Red Hats, Day Drinking and Denial
Defeat is an orphan, all right, and Trump left Ed Gillespie's losing race in the convent doorway with a note saying, "He wouldn't embrace me." The Daily Beast has the…
Tom Neuberger Running For AG
Cites Tim Mullaney's background, calls him dangerous: "I represented various people who wore the wire for the FBI back during the years when Tim Mullaney was the county attorney for…
Song Of The Day: Nov. 8, 2017
The sweet soul music of the first half of the '70's has been criminally underappreciated. I'll feature some of my faves of that period for the rest of the week. …
All “D” vs “R” Elections are proxy fights against Trumpism
That's the takeaway. Virginia, with some help from Gillespie who went full Trumpkin, relit the #resist fires that Ossoff let die out. Soon it will be our turn and every Democrat is on call. Centrist, Liberal, Green-Leaning...it is time for everyone to show up.
All races should name trump without naming him. What do I mean?
I mean Danica Roem provides a good example. Making her race about rationality, plain competence, and the basic services we expect Government's to provide strikes at the heart of Trumpism which is, at its heart, all about fear, division, chaos and nonsense. To be all about competence WHILE being all in on diversity and social justice is the formula.
OR... JUST OUTRIGHT RUN AGAINST TRUMP as Delaware County Democrats did in their winning efforts:
Pushing the message that a vote for them was a vote against President Trump, Delaware County Democrats out-polled Republicans in a County Council election for the first time in history, winning both seats up for grabs in an ultra-tight race. Democrats had planted signs throughout the county that read, “Vote Nov 7th Against Trump” and “Vote Nov 7th: Bring Sanity Back.”
Election Day Results Open Thread, Nov. 7, 2017
We have gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia, down-ballot races in those two states, plus the NYC mayoralty race, and a Special Election to replace Jason Chaffetz in Utah. …
The Right Prayers for Gun Victims
Pious Paul Ryan claims to believe that prayer does work, and that it's a proper response to gun massacres. Based on the evidence, though, the Big Guy is either deaf in…
Afternoon Clickbait: Taxes, Phony Billionaires and Mickey D’s
Turns out phony billionaire president Donald Trump has more in common with his Treasury Secretary Wilbur Ross than just ownership of shell companies that hide dealings with Russia. Forbes magazine…