“People’s beliefs and perceptions are shaped more by whatever the leaders of their own political tribe say than by ideology, history, or even their own self-interest,” Paul Pillar, former senior CIA analyst. Putin can take over the world and Donald Trump will help him spread his propaganda wow ! I love to no what Trump…
Category: 2018
Point and laugh at these conservatives and their stupid 2018 predictions
Politico has a fun bit of schadenfreude-fluff on its website today. It’s a retrospective of the shittiest political predictions from 2018. Now, everyone screws up badly from time to time when it comes to predicting the future. I predicted the Packers would win the Super Bowl this year (as I do pretty much every year) … and…
NC-09: Sen. Cory Booker (D. NJ) Refuses To Let The GOP Get Away With Election Fraud
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ) in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Dan McCready (D. NC-09) There is a grave situation going on in North Carolina’s 9th district right now. Democrat Dan McCready is a Marine veteran who has always put people over politics and has never lost…
NC-09: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Refuses To Let The GOP Get Away With Election Fraud
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Dan McCready (D. NC-09) This is shocking news — Multiple people have stepped forward to say they were paid by Republican operatives to engage in election fraud to help a GOP candidate win a House…
NC-09: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps Dan McCready (D) Win His Do-Over Election
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Republicans love to pretend that “voter fraud” is a national crisis. They use it as an excuse to pass racist voter ID laws, purge voting rolls, and make it harder for people…
GA-Sen & SoS: Dumb Ass David Perdue (R) Says Democrats Are Trying To Steal The SoS Election
I can’t wait to go after this asshole in 2020: U.S. Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., sent out his recorded message last night, at 10:30 p.m. or so, on behalf of Brad Raffensperger, the state House member running against former congressman John Barrow, the Democrat, for secretary of state. Said Perdue: “Make no mistake about it….
GA-SoS: Mother Jones, “A Runoff Election Tuesday Could Reverse Brian Kemp’s Voter Suppression in GA”
Tomorrow is a big day in Georiga: After an election marred by voting problems, Georgia voters will decide in Tuesday’s runoff who should fix them. One candidate for Georgia secretary of state wants to tackle voter purges, long lines and voting rights. His opponent prefers leaving most elections management to county officials and improving training. Democrat John…
GA-SoS: Stop Voter Suppression In Georgia, Sign Up To Make Calls To GOTV For John Barrow (D)
Received this e-mail today from the People For The American Way in support of John Barrow’s (D. GA) campaign for Secretary of State: Our virtual phone banking is now open! Call today and/or tomorrow to reach Georgia voters about the importance of turning out to elect Democrat John Barrow this Tuesday. The right to vote…
NC-09: VoteVets Wastes No Time Helping Dan McCready (D) Fight Back Against GOP Voter Fraud
Received this e-mail today from VoteVets: Election officials in North Carolina just voted against certifying the results in the NC-09 race and to hold an evidentiary hearing into possible Republican fraud. It was a close race — the Republican won by a margin of just 905 votes. We were in this race early, supporting veteran…
GA-SoS: Let America Vote Helps John Barrow (D) End Brian Kemp's (R) Voter Suppression Legacy
Received this e-mail today from Let America Vote in support of John Barrow’s (D. GA) Secretary of State campaign: Georgia’s last secretary of state purged the voter rolls, tried to block voter registrations — a majority of which came from Black applicants — and lied about our elections, Samuel. Now we have a chance to…
GA-SoS: Sen. Mazie Hirono (D. HI) Refuses To Let The GOP Steal This Race From John Barrow (D)
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D. HI) in support of John Barrow’s (D. GA) Secretary of State campaign: John Barrow (D. GA) I am angry about this Stacey Abrams had her election stolen from her after facing an unprecedented voter suppression campaign led by her opponent, who was Georgia’s Secretary…
GA-SoS & Public Service Commish: Stacey Abrams (D) Helps Her Fellow GA Dems Win Their Runoffs
Received these e-mails from Stacey Abrams (D. GA) in support of two fellow Georgia Democrats facing runoff elections next month. First, John Barrow (D. GA) for Secretary of State: John Barrow (D. GA) The governor’s race is over, but we still have a chance to make a difference and protect voting rights in Georgia:…
MS-Sen: DFA Launches Major Dial Out The Vote Effort For Mike Espy (D)
Received this e-mail from Democracy for America in support of Mike Espy’s (D. MS) U.S. Senate campaign: Five hundred and eighty one. That’s the number of lynchings that occurred in Mississippi between 1882 and 1968. Five hundred and eighty one mothers lost their sons. Five hundred and eighty one fathers shed tears for a child…
GA-SoS: Libertarian Runner-Up Candidate Endorses John Barrow (D) In The Runoff Election
Here’s some big news out of Georgia today: Democrat John Barrow picked up a surprising endorsement in his Dec. 4 runoff bid for secretary of state: The third-place finisher who forced the race into overtime. Libertarian J. Smythe DuVal on Monday threw his support behind Barrow, a former U.S. House member whom he said was able to…
CA-39, TX-23 & GA-07: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps Flip These Remaining Seats Blue
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA): Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) The midterm election is not over – not in these make-or-break House races. Right now, just a handful of votes separate these three Democratic House candidates from their Republican opponents: Gil Cisneros in California, Gina Ortiz Jones in Texas, and Carolyn…
MS-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Teams Up With DFA To Pull A Doug Jones-Style Victory In Mississippi
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) on behalf of Democracy for America in support of Mike Espy’s (D. MS) U.S. Senate campaign: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Late last year, everyone’s eyes were on Alabama. Doug Jones was fighting his way uphill to beat Roy Moore and get elected as…
FL-Sen: Vanity Fair, “Rick Scott (R) Is Already Pretending He Won The Recount He's Trying To Kill”
So Gov. Voldemort (R. FL) is already acting like he’s officially U.S. Senator Voldemort (R. FL): x A warm welcome to the incoming class of Republican Senators. pic.twitter.com/yNcqWvX0qp — Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) November 14, 2018 But as Vanity Fair points out, he’s trying to act like he won a recount he’s trying to kill: The…
FL & GA-Gov: Shaun King Refuses To Let GOP Steal Elections From Abrams (D) & Gillum (D)
Received this e-mail today from Shaun King on behalf of Our Revolution in support of Stacey Abrams (D. GA) and Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) campaigns: Right now votes are still being counted in Florida and Georgia and the vote margins are heading in our favor. Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams are committed to fighting to…
GA-Gov: Hillary Clinton, Cory Booker & Sherrod Brown Call Out GOP's Efforts To Steal This Race
The Georgia Governor Race continues to get more mainstream attention and Stacey Abrams (D. GA) fellow Democrats are rightfully calling out the Brian Kemp’s (R. GA) voter suppression tactics. First, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ): New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said he believes the Georgia gubernatorial election is being “stolen” from Democrat Stacey Abrams….
MS-Sen: GQ, “How a Democrat Could Swipe a Senate Seat in Deep-Red Mississippi”
GQ has a great piece out about the upcoming runoff election in Mississippi between U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R. MS) and Mike Espy (D. MS). The piece highlights her idiotic, racist dog whistling “lynch mob” remark and how that could hurt her. The piece also highlights the differences and similarities between this race and last year’s…
