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Giant_Aspirin posted...

Tyranthraxus posted...

99% chance this is preemptive to avoid being subpeonad by the house for Russian connections.

i suspect it's so Trump can replace him with someone who hasn't been recused and will neuter Mueller. Trumpy knows Mueller is going to drop bombs real soon and wants to limit his power ASAP

Yeah, he doesn't have to fire Mueller, just shoot down everything he wants to do and give him a budget of $1.
Subtlety is obviously not Trump's forte though, so I expect it'll get dumber.

This was a mixed result. The Democrats come out a bit ahead(what with winning back control of the House of Representatives and all), but the Senate results *were* a bit disappointing for them, as was Andrew Gillum's (somewhat) surprising loss in the Florida gubernatorial election.
They did; however, make some impressive gains on the state level(Florida notwithstanding), including complete control of New Mexico, Colorado, New York, and Connecticut.

I don't understand why you would need to make something up to smear Menendez. The blindingly-obvious corruption is right there.

Basically, American elections are staggered.
The House of Representatives has two-year terms and all 438 seats are up(this is too few, but that's another topic)
The President is elected every 4 years, and can only serve 2 terms total*.

The Senate has 6 year terms, but they're staggered. About 1/3 are up every election year. This bunch of Senate seats was very advantageous for the Republicans.

*2 FULL terms. In other words, if a Vice President becomes President more than half way into a term, they can still serve an additional two terms.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

The House will not pass anything Trump and his cronies put together. but you can continue living in denial, we know Trumpers are really good at that.

They probably will be willing to compromise, possibly on the worst things.

They even dunked Kris Kobach. Kansas did pretty alright tonight.

He might see consideration for a VP pick or a cabinet position(in a theoretical Democratic administration).

JBaLLEN66 posted...

Axiom posted...

BlueBoy675 posted...

Axiom posted...

It's TN. There was no fucking way he was going to win in the first place when Blackburn is a far right republican nutjob criminal who is endorsed by Trump. Of course the braindead morons of that state voted for her

As a "braindead moron" from TN I voted for Bredesen.

So did my family that resides there still but everyone knew this was coming. It was already a red state before Trump but people have gotten even more fanatically GOP there since his presidency

The dude ****** endorsed Kavanaugh for crying out loud

But, but, all the moderate Republican voters who were impressed by his bi-partisan stance put him over the t-
Oh, wait, you mean moderate Republican voters don't exist?

Picking up seats in the Senate is very good for them, as the next two cycles are going to be hard on them and they can more easily pack the judiciary with chuds.
Also, winning the Governor's Mansion in Florida and (likely) Connecticut represent upset victories.

It wasn't nearly as good a night for Dems as anticipated, particularly in the Senate, and especially in Florida.

I forget who said it, but, there's a good quote for this: "You can't make a man understand something when his job depends on him not understanding it"(or something like that). Pelosi, Schumer, etc. are all beholden to wealthy Democratic voters for whom the status quo is just fine, thank you.

CruelBuffalo posted...

ledbowman posted...

Nancy Pelosi literally just talked about the upcoming "bipartisan marketplace of ideas."

https://twitter.com/drmistercody/status/1060029804752265216?s=19

The monster! She should just stand on a soapbox and pass symbolic bills that have no hope in passing the senate/Trump signature for 2 years! Thatll win the current Democrats votes! Thats the way to do it!

Truly, cooperating with the Trump agenda is the path to success /sarcasm

The hilarious thing is that the state government they elected will probably do everything they can to disenfranchise these people anew.

They have a nice, cushy margin for stacking the judiciary with chuds.

Yes, the Senate is a garbage institution.

Pelosi is a lame centrist nobody likes, but better her as Speaker than a Republican.

There's no such thing as an unbiased source.

Yeah, I thought I was being ridiculous, but the Onion is now basically a real news source, so...yeah.
Sharice Davids won! In Kansas! That is good.

Sharice Davids won too. Kansas>Florida, I guess.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

Kris Kobach just went down in Kansas.
The hell is the matter with you, Florida? KANSAS is kicking your ass.

Oh sweet, Sharice Davids(D) won the Kansas 3rd-district. Florida still garbage.

Kris Kobach just went down in Kansas.
The hell is the matter with you, Florida? KANSAS is kicking your ass.

We're going to get two: Ilhan Omar in Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib in Michigan.
We'll remember this day when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is proclaimed Queen of the United Muslim Soviets of Greater Mexico(UMSGM).

scorpion41 posted...

Lol the Dems will do exactly what Reps did to them. There is no plan to work across the aisle.

You should hear the things Chuck Schumer is saying.
Also, IIRC, Joe Donnelly and Claire McCaskill spoke favorably of modifying the 15th-amendment(because they're terrible).

Election bump!
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-house-forecast.html
Also, The Needle. Of Doom

I have a plentiful supply of beer, with an emergency supply of rum. America is voting, and I could never watch the results come in sober. Hopefully the rum will remain untouched.

BoJack Horseman!

America is voting, but what does it all mean? We're going to find out!
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/2018-election-polls-close/
That's a great viewing guide. I'm going to highlight a few things here in this post.

Senate: 52R/48D Republicans are likely to retain control thanks to a favorable map.

House: Dems need to flip at least 23 seats to win the majority

Big, close races listed below.

6PM- Indiana Senate(Inc. Dem. Sen. Joe Donnelly v. Rep. Mike Braun)

7PM- Florida Governor Race(Dem. Andrew Gillum v. Rep. Ron DeSantis), Florida Senate Race(Inc. Dem. Sen. Ben Nelson v. Rep. Rick Scott), Georgia Governor Race(Rep. Brian Kemp v. Dem. Stacey Abrams)

7:30PM - Ohio Governor Race(Rep. Mike DeWine vs. Dem. Richard Cordray)

8PM - Kansas Governor Race(Rep. Chris Kobach v. Dem. Laura Kelly), Missouri Senate Race(Inc. Dem Sen. Claire McCaskill v. Rep. Josh Hawley), Texas Senate Race(Inc. Rep. Sen. Ted Cruz v. Dem. Beto O'Rourke), North Dakota Senate Race(Inc. Dem. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp v. Rep. Kevin Cramer)

9PM - Arizona Senate Race(Rep. Martha McSally vs. Dem. Kyrsten Sinema)

10PM - Nevada Senate Race(Inc. Rep. Sen. Dean Heller v. Dem. Jackie Rosen)

She left voting instructions on my door the other day. I don't think she even has time to sleep.

Ceteris paribus, go red, I say!

Election day bump. Get out and vote kids!

https://fivethirtyeight.com/politics/
I definitely don't buy hard into the Dem's chances. 2016 was traumatic. Will be well-stocked with alcohol and drink profusely. Hopefully it will be celebratory this time.

https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5bd22ef471f7ce27b05b3b1a-960-803.png
https://www.businessinsider.com/can-i-leave-work-early-to-vote-2016-11
It may even be paid! Please don't forget to go to the polls.

IMO, 3 is the best season, but 4 and 5 are both really good.

I'm going to put up a viewing guide tomorrow and Georgia will be highlighted. The polling suggests it's the closest race in the nation(at least among state-wide races).

Ex-Kefiroth posted...

The repeal of popular initiatives is, I think, one of the scummiest things a state government can do.

This hearkens back to when South Dakota called an emergency legislative session to repeal a successful anti-corruption ballot initiative, or when Texas passed a law banning restrictions on fracking after the city of Denton voted to do so within their city limits.

Or this: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/411710-dc-council-officially-repeals-minimum-wage-hike-for-tipped-workers

A_Good_Boy posted...

More people voting can only mean bad things for Republicans.

In a state like Nevada? Definitely(rest in piss Sen. Heller, btw). Generally speaking? Probably. But does that hold in, say, Tennessee? Texas? And if it does, is it enough to put Bredesen or O'Rourke over the top?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/02/us/politics/early-voting.html
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/02/early-voting-turnout/
Voters in Nevada, Arizona, Texas, and Tennessee have shown up in droves to vote early, nearly matching the total number of votes cast in those states in 2014. Almost every other state with early-voting has seen a marked increase in turn-out as well.
This is great news, but what exactly this means is unclear as of yet.

LinksLiege posted...

BlingBling22947 posted...

Theyll still expect them back at work.

I could believe Bezos is looking into some way to reanimate the dead to have more workers.

He seems like the type to do that.

Well, he's paying them $15/hr. now, how else do you expect him to get a good return on his investment?
Everything I've heard about working in Amazon warehouses makes it sound like a circle of hell.

Mike Pence is just jealous because Oprah wants nothing to do with him.

That's such a heart-breaking story.

Conflict posted...

What did dems do when Trump won again

How could you have forgotten the Bowling Green Massacre!?

philsov posted...

MC_BatCommander posted...

I have a ton of nostalgia for it but mechanically it's not an amazing game. 3/5 if I'm being honest.

About where I am, yeah. Settled for 4. Mechnically and/or innovationally I think both the prequel and the sequel are superior.

Also the final fight was kinda bullshit.

One, it turns out your adorable flying mount who didn't do nuffin is the final boss. Then, the ONLY way to damage him is to have Hero use his sword skill, and generally does the best dps with a basic 100% swing instead of doing any significant charging. Meanwhile, both sprite and girl can't do jack shit but cheerlead Hero, notably casting the mana sword spell out of a level 1 Dryad because her spells are generally terrible and never cast unless you're leveling for this fight.

So all the other weapons you have, all the other elemental spells/buffs/whatever, all get thrown out the goddamn window and you need to go out to the back 40 and put Young Yeller out of his misery to save the world.

Yeah, the game would have benefited immensely from Thanatos being the final boss. He's been a major antagonist since early in the game, he's responsible for the cultists and kidnapping Dyluck and summoning the Mana Fortress. And, in a case of story and game mechanics aligning, he's weak to light, so the girl can fry his ass. Everything else still works too. And he even has an exclusive boss theme that's really great! No need to have to slaughter Flamey.

Seems appropriate. But Samhain is already past.

I don't really pay attention to anyone in particular, but Chris Hayes and Nomiki Konst are pretty good(the latter is running for public office, so she may not technically be a "pundit" anymore).
He's not a pundit, but if you also like football, Sage Rosenfels is way better on Twitter than he ever was in the NFL.

Taharqa_ posted...

Republicans pay lip service to fiscal responsibility to fool the rubes, water is wet.

I doubt they care. It's simply a (seemingly) principled excuse for why they oppose government programs, and one that the press(composed primarily of wealthy technocrats) finds compelling.