I had to get up an hour early this morning to be in the lobby for the Lift Bus at 7:30. I’ll post Sam’s videos tomorrow. Off to my appointment.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:26 (average 5:42). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Take:
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Panicked By Democrats, Donald Trump Installs Loyalist To Top DoJ Spot
I’m sure I’ll have more to say about this obstruction in coming days, after I have the time to get a better handle on it. RESIST!!
Cartoon:
I tend to be a perfectionist, so there are a lot of things about the 2018 elections that I would change, if I could. I really hoped Beto and Gillum would win. The worst of it is the big Republican success in the Senate. It looks like we will have a couple years in which to RESIST will be more important than ever.
Democrats harnessed voter fury toward President Trump to win control of the House and capture pivotal governorships Tuesday night as liberals and moderates banded together to deliver a forceful rebuke of Mr. Trump, even as Republicans held on to their Senate majority by claiming a handful of conservative-leaning seats.
The two parties each had some big successes in the states. Republican governors were elected in Ohio and Florida, two important battlegrounds in Mr. Trump’s 2020 campaign calculations. Democrats beat Gov. Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Republican and a top target, and captured the governor’s office in Michigan — two states that Mr. Trump carried in 2016 and where the left was looking to rebound.
Propelled by an unusually high turnout that illustrated the intensity of the backlash against Mr. Trump, Democrats claimed at least 26 House seats on the strength of their support in suburban and metropolitan districts that were once bulwarks of Republican power but where voters have recoiled from the president’s demagoguery on race.
Early Wednesday morning Democrats clinched the 218 House seats needed to take control. There were at least 15 additional tossup seats that had yet to be called…
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This is a very long article with a ton of information. Click through to get it.
The current count in the Senate is 45 – 51 with probable Republican wins in the other four. With 45 – 55 split, the Senate will be a Republican judge factory for two years.
On the plus side, we flipped six statehouses.
I’m exhausted.
Store to Door delivered my groceries earlier. They screwed them up so badly, that I’m trying to get ahold of WWWendy to make an emergency stop on the way here tonight. Keep your eyes on DOJ. Jeff Sessions (R-KKK) just resigned. Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update. I have a routine semi-annual appointment with my Pulmonologist.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:05 (average 5:27). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Oregonian Channel): Kate Brown talks to reporters after re-election
Here in Oregon, I got everything I wanted, except for 1 House Seat that is perennially red. RESIST!!
From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: It’s Time for Medicare for All
Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right, and the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, wants to push Granny off a cliff. We can pass it in the House next year. The Republicans will vote it down in the Senate and be on record for doing so. RESIST!!
From Alternet: President Donald Trump sent out a celebratory tweet Tuesday night after it became clear that his party would maintain control of the U.S. Senate — but completely ignoring the fact that Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives.
As CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was giving the president for the win, Jake Tapper cut in to throw cold water on the celebration.
"Let’s just cut through that for a second," Tapper said. "He just lost the House."
"But he did manage to hold on to the Senate," said Blitzer.
"I know. And mavel tov," said Tapper. "But the bottom line is: This is not a good night for President Trump. The Democrats have just retaken the House, and they’re going to have subpoena power, and they’re going to make his life a living hell."
I can’t wait! RESIST!!
Cartoon:
It’s not quite that time of week again, but here are three excellent video clips from Sam’s show last night. Enjoy!
Listen to Sam! Vote!!
Vote for a Democrat for Dawg Catcher and work up the ticket!
Get Your Fudgin’ Money Out of My Democracy!
Money is NOT speech. Corporations are NOT people. Corporations ARE corrupt and greedy!
Thanks Sam
I’ll keep harassing one more day as long as there’s a possibility this might fall under the eyes of someone who has not voted. I’m as nervous as a long-tail TomCat in a rocking chair show room.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:30 (average 4:54). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Fantasy Football Report:
Here is the latest news from our own fantasy football league.
Scores:
Congrats to Wendy, Vivian and me for winning our games.
Standings:
Congrats to me, Wendy and Pam for leading the league.
Short Takes:
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Democratic Gains Require Overcoming Extreme GOP Gerrymandering
To flip the House, we need to win by 11 points, because Republicans stacked the deck. That’s why every vote is so important, especially YOURS! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (NY Times Channel): Why Americans Don’t Vote (and What to Do About It)
These are good ideas. Election Day should be a national holiday, with bars closed until the polls close. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From The New Yorker: Employing the fear tactics that have typified his midterm campaigning, Donald J. Trump told a rally audience on Sunday that electing Democrats would drag the nation back to the dark days of tolerance and decorum.
Trump made his closing argument to the Chattanooga, Tennessee, audience by raising the spectre of a return to the dignified and restrained discourse that plagued the nation during the regime of his predecessor, Barack Obama.
“We had eight years of talking about people of different genders, races, and nationalities as if they were human beings,” Trump warned. “Do we want to go back to that?”
“No!” the crowd shouted.
“Do we want our public figures to consider the consequences of their words and actions?” he asked.
“No!” they thundered.
Appearing on Fox News, Vice-President Mike Pence defended Trump against charges that he was irresponsibly stoking his supporters’ worst fears about a return to compassion and civility.
Andy, that just accurate reporting. That would be a disaster for Republicans. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
One of JD’s memes pointed out a valuable lesson a while back. If one politician says it’s sunny and the other says it’s stormy, most media will try to argue that both are equally true, when they could just turn around and look out the window. If that isn’t bad enough, NBC just took money to air a Republican racist screed against the caravan that is not only full of hate, but also, as easy to prove false as JD’s meme. Shame on NBC!
If you’ve been watching cable news this past week, you’ve seen enough bits and pieces of Donald Trump’s overtly racist (and typically dishonest) television ad about the migrant caravan to recognize it when you see it. The thing is, if you were watching the NFL Sunday Night Football game on NBC tonight, you never thought you’d see it – but you did.
In a stunning move, NBC decided to air Trump’s caravan ad during the game. Perhaps you’re not surprised. It’s not the first time a television network has run a terrible or dishonest political ad, in the name of revenue. But this ad is different. This is the one ad that’s so far beyond the pale, no one wanted to run it. In fact networks have been making a concerted effort at scoring points by announcing that they would not air it.
After Donald Trump Jr complained on Twitter this week that CNN was refusing to run the caravan ad, CNN used its official corporate communications account to tell Junior off, calling the ad “racist” in the process. We all know it’s racist. But when a major television network is flat out using that word in an official capacity, it’s clear that we’re talking about one of the most inappropriate national television ads in the history of American politics. Yet NBC ran the damn thing anyway… [emphasis added]
Inserted from <The Palmer Report>
Here’s a video of CNN debunking the ad that they refused to run.
I an thoroughly disgusted with NBC. They owe an apology to every American and support for refugees to mitigate the damage they have done.
One day to go. It’s hard to imagine anything else I can say or do, except to harass people to vote, and I just got a text from my last friend, who hadn’t, that he has. Wendy and I had a hard day yesterday, and I’m feeling extremely tired.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:51 (average 5:32). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Religious Agony:
I’m afraid I have to report Pat for Puddy Tat abuse. Her team beat me up. We missed the winning field goal, that was easily within range, on the last play of the game! ARGH!
Short Takes:
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Georgia Democrats Respond To Brian Kemp’s Claim Of Attempted Voter Hack
With the Republican propensity for projection, you can be confident that Kemp, not Democrats, attempted the hack. Why else would he have intentionally left the system in GA vulnerable? RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (CNN Channel): Democrats hold advantage in final CNN midterm poll
Projections like this help stimulate enthusiasm, but only one person can make the projection real. YOU! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From The New Yorker: Backtracking from his earlier suggestion that the military should fire upon migrants if they throw rocks, Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he was ordering the military to respond to rocks with either paper or scissors.
Speaking at a rally in Pensacola, Florida, Trump said that the decision about whether to use paper or scissors to retaliate against rocks would ultimately be left up to military commanders at the border.
“If rocks come flying at them, they should go ‘paper, scissors’ until they have an answer,” Trump said.
He issued a stern warning to the migrants approaching the border, telling them, “The United States military sees your rocks and is raising you paper or scissors.”
Dang Andy! Only Republicans are dumb enough to think scissors can beat rocks. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
I think Daylight Savings would be barely tolerable, if I could sleep an extra hour twice a year, and never lose an hour sleep. 
