The only stunt that saves Emily Murphy from historical ignominy is to sign something after this request and during the hearings that recognizes the Biden-Harris victory. The real question is whether Murphy responds to the request, or whether she will resist, and compel someone from some House committee to subpoena her with the usual consequences. …
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some Georgia Trumpists vow to destroy the GOP if Trump doesn't win. Like that's a bad thing?
RW logic at work: They’re so angry at GA Governor Kemp that they might urge a GOP voter boycott of the Senate Runoff in January or even write in Trump’s name. You go, nutters. Georgia has already certified the election results so their objective got a bit screwed up. There will be a counter-protest in Atlanta. x…
LiveBlog: Kamala Harris on TRMS (Community Live Bloggers)
Kamala Harris will appear on The Rachel Maddow Show tonight. The likely topic will be a review of Harris’s questioning of Amy Coney Barrett, featuring more dodging and some hint of hostility from Barrett. Live Blog below. x People are scared. They’re scared what will happen if the Supreme Court destroys the Affordable Care Act…
Branch Covidians: Typhoid GOP Senators and their court-packing attempts
The GOP Senate mischief continues, as the GOP’s rush to endanger the women’s health of at least 17 states and 30 million people also continues. x Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris will not in person attend the SCOTUS confirmation hearing as COVID runs through the Senate GOP.https://t.co/AD6Q5ulw4T via @politicususa— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October…
Mike Lee rationalizes Trump's authoritarianism but where's the super-spreader victims like Jared
Even at 36 people stricken with COVID so far from contact at the White House, all kinds of people are missing, perhaps quarantined, with a few hospitalized. Perhaps there will be improved contact tracing, despite the attempts to conceal their base incompetence and slavish loyalty to Trump. x Getty's last image of Jared was on…
vindictive Trump won't support covid stimulus vote until after election day, could tank the economy
Looking more like pathological Trump is going full scorched earth, not caring whether his “Trump checks” will get to potential voters. The economy will likely tank (more), now that Trump wants to give winning Dems more grief for the Blue Tsunami. And then there’s the super-spreader candidate for SCOTUS. Trump says he told Senate Republican leader McConnell to…
PA-01: Pete Buttigieg Helps Christina Finello (D) Expand Our House Majority
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D. IN), in support of Christina Finello’s (D. PA-01) congressional campaign: Christina Finello (D. PA-01) We’re just weeks away from the most consequential election of our lifetimes, and I’m not just talking about the presidential contest. We have the chance to make…
CA-25: President Josiah Bartlett Endorses Christy Smith (D) In Her Rematch Against Mike Garcia
Received this e-mail today from actor and activist Martin Sheen in support of Christy Smith’s (D. CA-25) congressional campaign: Christy Smith (D. CA-25) Hello, My name is Martin Sheen, though you may remember me as President Bartlet on The West Wing. I don't have the kind of (fictional) power that I used to have as a (fictional) president. But I've…
14% think Trump is more of a wimp
Trump is rushing SCOTUS vote to contest the election results, but GOP senators up for re-election may pay for this. Then again IMPOTUS* is sending seniors $200 “Trump cards” for their votes. x And here I thought this was hyperbole or trolling https://t.co/mgO2kSIOsV pic.twitter.com/nOHjQ7AMnk— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 25, 2020 x Here's What GOP Senators Said…
AK-Sen: HuffPost, “A Secret Recording Of Mining Executives Is Shaking Up The Alaska Senate Race”
First, from The Washington Post: Mining executive Tom Collier, who boasted in secretly taped conversations that he had leveraged his ties to Republican officials to advance a controversial project in Alaska, resigned Wednesday. Collier, CEO of the Pebble Limited Partnership, offered his resignation a day after the group Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released recordings of…
Ron Johnson Senate probe flops, actually reinforces impeachment findings
Ron Johnson and his 2019 Fourth of July visit to Russia has revealed that surprise, surprise, FAIL. Rather, he’s reinforced the actual Trump Impeachment investigation and instead affirmed that the “‘Hunterghazi’ tale has been widely debunked.” In reality, Burisma was not even being investigated at the time, and the vice president was working to oust that…
RBG has passed away at 87
Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died of complications from cancer. In a statement dictated to her granddaughter Clara Spera days before her death, she said, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new President is installed.” x WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court says Justice Ruth…
Trump performing as badly as Gerald Ford in some states. In 13 states, Senate seats could flip
End this long national nightmare. GOTV The Senate seats most likely to flip in November Republicans have a slim, three-seat majority in the Senate that they’re trying to hold on to in November. And they are in for a battle to do it: There are 13 chances on this list for Democrats to flip Senate…
PA-10: President Josiah Bartlet Endorses Eugene DePasquale (D) For Congress
Received this e-mail today from actor and activist, Martin Sheen, in support of Eugene DePasquale’s (D. PA-10) congressional campaign: Hello there, My name is Martin Sheen, though you may remember me as President Bartlet on The West Wing. I don’t have the kind of (fictional) power that I used to have as a (fictional) president. But…
VA-05, NC-08 & OH-10: Rep. Adam Schiff (D. CA) Helps Send These Black Leaders To Congress
Received this e-mail from House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff (D. CA-28), in support of Cameron Webb (D. VA-05), Pat Timmons-Goodson (D. NC-08) and Desiree Tims’ (D. OH-10) congressional campaigns: At a time where we’re seeing a nationwide call for desperately-needed reforms to stop systemic racism and the killing of Black men and women…
TX-02: Beto O'Rourke Gives Sima Ladjevardian (D) A Boost Before Dan Crenshaw's (R) RNC Speech
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), inn support of Sima Ladjevardian’s (D. TX-02) campaign: Sima Ladjevardian (D. TX-02) Tonight, Dan Crenshaw will be speaking at the Republican National Convention. It’s only fitting that in a party that has dropped any pretense at a platform, other than supporting anything…
Yadda—Yadda—Yadda
When Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, famously created the television sensation of the late 1980s Seinfeld, they hyped it as the show about nothing. The resulting enigma of laughter about nothing resulted in some famous flashes of comedic brilliance known as, Seinfeld moments. Well, the Republican National Committee announced its’ party platform Monday night, and…
Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended
As we begin a week of pure GOP propaganda, it’s time to remind ourselves how we got here as well as remind ourselves that the GOP is still entangled with Russia as well as malign forces. With less than 100 days before the presidential election, U.S. intelligence officials are warning that Russia and other adversaries…
TX-Sen, 02 & 24: Vogue, “The Female Candidates Who May Turn Texas Blue This November”
Vogue has a great piece out profiling a few of our top notch Texas Democratic candidates that’s worth a read: It’s been 32 years since Texas elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. MJ Hegar is trying to break that streak. Hegar — with her cherry blossom tattoo, flashy Harley Davidson and combat scars —is…
Senators on vacation as the Russians keep working
GOP Senators took their three weeks off, as the COVID death toll rises, Some left to campaign for re-election, others to disinform in support of IMPOTUS*. And then there’s Trump corrupting USPS in unprecedented election meddling. All the while, even Trump cannot condemn QAnon’s tacit escalation of Trumpian themes. x Which Senate seats are in play…
