politics Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

[Walter_Sobchak]

At least you got a nice boat out of the deal.

[Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect]

7 hours ago, Lostwingman said:

 

I only vote for winners.

 

Also the endlessly hilarious factoid is that my state senate district had been blue for 139 years. Oops.

 

 

For a good long time one of my neighbors had their wifi network named "Beto". I was utterly confused by that for months, that is until I started getting the campaign ads. My god the campaign ads. I could build a house of all the poster paper.

 

I'd be very interested in seeing how much money Beto has spent vs Cruz.

[Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect]

Look no further.

 

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033540

 

Beto has raised over 23 million and spent 9 million. The contributors are quite interesting.

 

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033085

 

Cruz's profile includes a lot of the 2016 presidential campaign money so it's harder to see what he's raised just on this Senate race.

[Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect]

https://www.texastribune.org/2013/07/24/city-el-paso-lacks-voice-hispanic-caucus/

 

 Paso Lawmaker Can't Join Hispanic Caucus; Some Seek Rule Change

 

Despite representing a district whose constituents are overwhelmingly Hispanic, U.S. Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, D-El Paso, is ineligible for membership in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Some say that should change.

[Jeeps_Guns_Tanks]

18 minutes ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said:

https://www.texastribune.org/2013/07/24/city-el-paso-lacks-voice-hispanic-caucus/

 

 Paso Lawmaker Can't Join Hispanic Caucus; Some Seek Rule Change

 

Despite representing a district whose constituents are overwhelmingly Hispanic, U.S. Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, D-El Paso, is ineligible for membership in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Some say that should change.

 

 

He identifies as an oppressed Hispanic, WTF man, why do you love fascism!

[Ramlaen]

This guy makes a very convincing case that Kavanaugh was mistaken for a classmate who looked very similar to him and lived in the house that the alledged assault happened at.

 

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1042893987747713024.html

[T___A]

doooo eeet

 

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/407873-trumps-enemies-give-him-perfect-cover-to-fire-rosenstein-and-sessions

[Walter_Sobchak]

Well, this might make the next Gosar family reunion a bit awkward.

 

 

[Walter_Sobchak]

One second through, probably not as awkward as this candidate's next family event.

 

Minnesota state lawmaker ends reelection bid amid daughter's allegations of inappropriate touching

[Sturgeon]

24 minutes ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

Well, this might make the next Gosar family reunion a bit awkward.

 

 

 

what the fuck

 

EDIT: Judging by this BBC article, it seems like the family just wants back in the cool kids club. Kinda gross.

[Walter_Sobchak]

1 minute ago, Sturgeon said:

 

what the fuck

Apparently, this guy has nine siblings, and six of them decided to publicly endorse his opponent.  One thing the ad does not say is that one of his siblings is a former chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party.  

[Sturgeon]

1 minute ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

Apparently, this guy has nine siblings, and six of them decided to publicly endorse his opponent.  One thing the ad does not say is that one of his siblings is a former chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party.  

 

What the BBC cites as their objections strike me as pearl-clutching, so I am guessing there's personal shit between them and they are fundamentally motivated by being repersoned in the DNC. Just a shot in the dark, this is highly unusual and I'd love to know more.

[Walter_Sobchak]

Just now, Sturgeon said:

 

What the BBC cites as their objections strike me as pearl-clutching, so I am guessing there's personal shit between them and they are fundamentally motivated by being repersoned in the DNC. Just a shot in the dark, this is highly unusual and I'd love to know more.

 

I thought it was odd that one of the brothers in the ad is labeled as a private investigator.  Is that really a job in real life?

[Sturgeon]

2 minutes ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

 

I thought it was odd that one of the brothers in the ad is labeled as a private investigator.  Is that really a job in real life?

 

I know one, so I assume so? It's something retired cops usually do.

[Walter_Sobchak]

Just now, Sturgeon said:

 

I know one, so I assume so? It's something retired cops usually do.

That makes sense to me. 

[T___A]

He is not in my district but I have not heard anything I would consider egregious from him in the local news.

[Lostwingman]

55 minutes ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

 

I thought it was odd that one of the brothers in the ad is labeled as a private investigator.  Is that really a job in real life?

Oh yea, one guy I know who does it investigates disability claims. You know the old, "photographing the guy walking out just fine to the mail put claiming workmans comp for a broken leg" type deal.

[Sturgeon]

1 hour ago, T___A said:

He is not in my district but I have not heard anything I would consider egregious from him in the local news.

 

Yeah the complaints in that BBC article were like "he is skeptical of global warming" and "he thought Charlottesville was a false flag by the Left". Nothing terribly egregious.

[Sturgeon]

"How could we elect anyone like Donald Trump?"

 

NYC, biggest city in the country, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

[T___A]

Oh my God doooo it. 

 

https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2018/09/22/draft-order-for-trump-would-crack-down-on-google-facebook#gs.BHhDros

[Lostwingman]

31 minutes ago, T___A said:

Oh my God doooo it. 

 

https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2018/09/22/draft-order-for-trump-would-crack-down-on-google-facebook#gs.BHhDros

 

At a cursory glance, I really hope this happens.

[Sturgeon]

This has me more excited than Cyberpunk

[Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect]

[Ramlaen]

CNN has learned that the committee has reached out to a longtime friend of Ford named Leland Ingham Keyser. "I understand that you have been identified as an individual who was in attendance at a party that occurred circa 1982 described in a recent Washington Post article," a committee staffer wrote Keyser earlier this week. On Saturday night, her lawyer, Howard Walsh, released a statement to CNN and the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Simply put," Walsh said, "Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with, or without, Dr. Ford." The lawyer acknowledged to CNN that Keyser is a lifelong friend of Ford's.

 

That's all four of people Ford said were witnesses saying it didn't happen.

[Lostwingman]

9 minutes ago, Ramlaen said:

CNN has learned that the committee has reached out to a longtime friend of Ford named Leland Ingham Keyser. "I understand that you have been identified as an individual who was in attendance at a party that occurred circa 1982 described in a recent Washington Post article," a committee staffer wrote Keyser earlier this week. On Saturday night, her lawyer, Howard Walsh, released a statement to CNN and the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Simply put," Walsh said, "Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with, or without, Dr. Ford." The lawyer acknowledged to CNN that Keyser is a lifelong friend of Ford's.

 

That's all four of people Ford said were witnesses saying it didn't happen.

 

So which woman do I believe so I won't be a sexist though?