That is exactly what will happen. And by choosing the really disgusting people to his team, he has insured it. The very issue that burned us will burn him. His program will dramatically increase inflation.
Scroll to the map with the House of Representatives - click on any of the little circles and you'll get the stats for that race. In So Cal, Derek Tran has been inching up to Michelle Steel and is now only 350+votes behind her with the vote count estimated at 92.8% If you have any funds left, please send! I keep pitching in every few hours - donate through Hopium or this link!!
Thank you so much! I am most grateful. We in Virginia are also preparing for the Democratic firehouse primary this Saturday for a special general election coming up in January to replace the state senate seat of Congressman elect, Suhas Subramanyam. I do not live in this district but I have contributed to the campaign of Delegate Kannan Srinivasan who is running in this Saturday’s firehouse primary whom I am hoping will win said primary. There appears to be a consensus that Kannan Srinivasan is by far, the best candidate to hold this senate seat in the general election. This is critical because we have a paper thin majority in our state senate with that Christo fascist, Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Sears becoming the tie breaker if we lose this seat.
The importance of holding this senate seat is beyond comprehension; especially since we must hold both houses to get the abortion rights measure on the ballot to add reproductive rights to our state constitution. The Governor’s signature is not required; only both houses of our General Assembly must vote to pass it twice; which they are already in the process of doing right now, to meet the requirement of the first vote (big news today on BV). Then, under the VA constitution, we must have an election cycle next year after the first vote-to vote again, to place this measure on the ballot after that election cycle; which is why this is absolutely critical for us to hold this senate seat and our majority in the House of Delegates (the entire state senate will not be up for reelection next year like the HOD, along with our statewide races).
Our goal of course is to at the very least; hold the HOD and win the special election for this senate seat in 2025 which will enable us to have that “second” vote in 2026 to finally get abortion on the ballot in 2027. It’s a long process with the first step occurring as I write this.
Next year; it will be my “life’s mission” to fight like hell to hold both state houses so we will have the means to complete this process. If we lose our majority in the HOD next year and/or lose this senate seat in January’s special election ; we will have to start all over again. But if we prevail; we will have the votes to pass this measure in 2026, to finally get this on the ballot in 2027.
I would love to see MacKenzie Scott buy The Washington Post from her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos! She would restore this once-proud newspaper to its editorial and journalistic integrity.
Surely there is someone in southern California who can buy the Los Angeles Times and do the same?
Imho, Michael Bloomberg ought to consider replacing A.G. Sulzberger as owner and publisher of The New York Times.
But even higher on my wish list is having a democracy-defending billionaire buy out Sinclair Broadcast and start giving America real news, both local and national.
At the moment, Jeff would probably GIVE the Post to MacKenzie. But if she took it, she would need to get rid of all the Murdoch turds that seem to have infiltrated the management. Apparently, Bezos was kind of out of touch while all that was happening, but he hasn't lifted a finger to address it. And his refusal to endorse his Editorial Board's choice of Harris just raises all kinds of concern about where this oligarch's head is at. Besides up his ass. I cancelled my subscription weeks ago.
You may well be right. These days, I think owning the Post is an unwelcome headache and major distraction for Bezos. More than a quarter-of-a-million readers cancelled their subscription after Bezos blocked his Editorial Board from endorsing Kamala Harris. And that count was at the end of October, probably significantly higher now.
The Pennsylvania Senate race remains the last major contest of the 2024 cycle that Decision Desk HQ has not called.
Three-term incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D) currently trails Republican David McCormick by about 35,000 votes, or 0.5 percent of the vote, just within the threshold required for an automatic statewide recount. But while McCormick has declared victory and The Associated Press has projected him as the winner, Casey hasn’t yet conceded, and The Hill’s partner DDHQ and other networks have not issued a race call.
New York Times has yet to declare a winner, nor have other major news organizations, so that’s good. AP may well have called this race prematurely. But I’m not seeing a recent update for 1) Number of uncounted ballots, 2) Number of uncured ballots, 3) Number of provisional ballots.
Me neither. But hoping the 0.5% lead (or hopefully less) forces a recount rather than ending the count today (except for provisional ballots, i think). Good for Casey to stick it out and for some of the media, even MSM, to hold their declarations.
Ballots have to be cured by today (in some counties the deadline was earlier) — the count will end when the counties are done… probably not today. Then there can be an automatic or requested recount.
I’m just interested in what you are saying, and also want to add that our Opposition cannot fall into the Radical right framing of us. I don’t know what Coastal Left means, DC?
I keep hearing this, heard it on Jason Pack's show today. But there is never any real discussion of the contempt and disdain their side has for those of us who are educated and, if you keep doing dumb things, you shouldn't be surprised when people call you dumb. They haven't "stuck it" to the educated by voting to blow it all up; those of us with educations and decent careers will still be fine. And as was pointed out in Rural White Rage, the R's will continue to do nothing for them.
Thanks for the great photos Simon. The four freedoms is especially poignant considering that's the basis of our fight for democracy. We truly are all in this together and we are not going back.
This thinking —YOUR constructive and light-shedding thinking—is precisely what we need right now. Thank you for rising above the blame game and setting us on a path of possibility. I love the path(s) you are beginning to draw. I dream of seeing you, Robert Hubbell, Heather, and a few others being invited into each other's worlds—perhaps monthly panel conversations featuring all of you (interviewed by someone like Tara, say), then shared on your respective sites. A growing, centralizing place of reason. A sense that we aren't in silos but together. A way of getting coherently and collectively loud. I also dream, as noted yesterday, of bringing in some voices of absolute experts in fields like immigration, who can help us tell the story of how we NEED the immigrants they are about to expel. Let's tell those stories. Let's try to save some lives together. Now.
Thank you, Grant. I am trying in my small way to herd my despairing friends toward a path of possibility. The more of us who start walking forward, together, the better we all will be.
100% this! We need a 50-state, 24/7 strategy for where media landscape is now, and DNC needs to be helping to lead this initiative based on what has worked amongst our groups, who will be partners, not "donors."
I like your idea. There are so many progressives out there, from HCR to Meidas Touch to Robert Hubbell, that finding a way to combine forces seems like the obvious thing to do.
I also think it's imperative we find out why we lost, but do so in a hunt for facts, not a circus of pointing fingers. If we don't know what went wrong, we can't fix it.
Yes. I also want to do more than write postcards, make phone calls to my senator and reps and protest in the streets, although I know these things are not entirely ineffective. I want to be part of the new pro democracy noise machine, a force multiplier, even though I freely admit I am not a technological wizard. Let's get creative, with a multi-front and multi-platform empowered, and informed joyful noise. Let's not come from trauma, let's come from our collective strength and intelligence, please!
“What’s important is that we have a well-informed and respectful conversation, together, about what happened and what comes next over the next few months.”
I hope Democrats will also take stock of the burgeoning network of progressive Christian voices, creators, and influencers, like the New Evangelicals. It is so important for an off ramp from fundamentalist extremism to exists and these folks are doing a fantastic job with few resources.
Seconding this. Many in my network are in the process of leaving Evangelical churches over MAGA. That's a life-altering shift, a whole culture and community, not just Sunday morning. They would welcome outreach, even if it takes a long time to make the journey.
Yes Simon. Agree with everything you said. Thank you!
This 👉🏻 "There has to be a more respectful information based relationship between us, where our campaigns and parties start treating us not only like ATMs but also like proud patriots, information warriors and willing amplifiers" really resonated.
That sentence you highlight really resonated with me as well, Cindy. We most certainly need to find more effective ways of communicating among ourselves and our base.
Resonated here as well. And we really must do something about the barrage of freak-out texts and emails after you donate once on ActBlue. They are manipulative and don’t really contain any truthful messages. They turn me off from wanting to donate, though following Simon helps me donate in a strategic, educated way.
That is exactly what will happen. And by choosing the really disgusting people to his team, he has insured it. The very issue that burned us will burn him. His program will dramatically increase inflation.
This one does a pretty good job of keeping up https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/nov/08/us-house-senate-and-governor-elections-2024-results-from-all-50-states
Scroll to the map with the House of Representatives - click on any of the little circles and you'll get the stats for that race. In So Cal, Derek Tran has been inching up to Michelle Steel and is now only 350+votes behind her with the vote count estimated at 92.8% If you have any funds left, please send! I keep pitching in every few hours - donate through Hopium or this link!!
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ca-45-gecure2024
Thanks for this important heads up!
Thank you so much! I am most grateful. We in Virginia are also preparing for the Democratic firehouse primary this Saturday for a special general election coming up in January to replace the state senate seat of Congressman elect, Suhas Subramanyam. I do not live in this district but I have contributed to the campaign of Delegate Kannan Srinivasan who is running in this Saturday’s firehouse primary whom I am hoping will win said primary. There appears to be a consensus that Kannan Srinivasan is by far, the best candidate to hold this senate seat in the general election. This is critical because we have a paper thin majority in our state senate with that Christo fascist, Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Sears becoming the tie breaker if we lose this seat.
The importance of holding this senate seat is beyond comprehension; especially since we must hold both houses to get the abortion rights measure on the ballot to add reproductive rights to our state constitution. The Governor’s signature is not required; only both houses of our General Assembly must vote to pass it twice; which they are already in the process of doing right now, to meet the requirement of the first vote (big news today on BV). Then, under the VA constitution, we must have an election cycle next year after the first vote-to vote again, to place this measure on the ballot after that election cycle; which is why this is absolutely critical for us to hold this senate seat and our majority in the House of Delegates (the entire state senate will not be up for reelection next year like the HOD, along with our statewide races).
Our goal of course is to at the very least; hold the HOD and win the special election for this senate seat in 2025 which will enable us to have that “second” vote in 2026 to finally get abortion on the ballot in 2027. It’s a long process with the first step occurring as I write this.
Next year; it will be my “life’s mission” to fight like hell to hold both state houses so we will have the means to complete this process. If we lose our majority in the HOD next year and/or lose this senate seat in January’s special election ; we will have to start all over again. But if we prevail; we will have the votes to pass this measure in 2026, to finally get this on the ballot in 2027.
Bluesky user count booming after Elon Musk teams up with Trump
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Hang in there Susan.
I would love to see MacKenzie Scott buy The Washington Post from her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos! She would restore this once-proud newspaper to its editorial and journalistic integrity.
Surely there is someone in southern California who can buy the Los Angeles Times and do the same?
Imho, Michael Bloomberg ought to consider replacing A.G. Sulzberger as owner and publisher of The New York Times.
But even higher on my wish list is having a democracy-defending billionaire buy out Sinclair Broadcast and start giving America real news, both local and national.
At the moment, Jeff would probably GIVE the Post to MacKenzie. But if she took it, she would need to get rid of all the Murdoch turds that seem to have infiltrated the management. Apparently, Bezos was kind of out of touch while all that was happening, but he hasn't lifted a finger to address it. And his refusal to endorse his Editorial Board's choice of Harris just raises all kinds of concern about where this oligarch's head is at. Besides up his ass. I cancelled my subscription weeks ago.
You may well be right. These days, I think owning the Post is an unwelcome headache and major distraction for Bezos. More than a quarter-of-a-million readers cancelled their subscription after Bezos blocked his Editorial Board from endorsing Kamala Harris. And that count was at the end of October, probably significantly higher now.
I was one.
Not to mention Bezos was one of the first to reach out and congratulate Trump. That endorsement refusal was no mistake.
CNN, NBC, NYT have all not yet called it
Nor Decision Desk as noted below
Do you know how many uncured ballots there still are in Pennsylvania? Is the curing able to target only-Democratic or likely-Democrat-leaning voters?
This from The Hill re Casey at 1:22pm ET:
The Pennsylvania Senate race remains the last major contest of the 2024 cycle that Decision Desk HQ has not called.
Three-term incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D) currently trails Republican David McCormick by about 35,000 votes, or 0.5 percent of the vote, just within the threshold required for an automatic statewide recount. But while McCormick has declared victory and The Associated Press has projected him as the winner, Casey hasn’t yet conceded, and The Hill’s partner DDHQ and other networks have not issued a race call.
New York Times has yet to declare a winner, nor have other major news organizations, so that’s good. AP may well have called this race prematurely. But I’m not seeing a recent update for 1) Number of uncounted ballots, 2) Number of uncured ballots, 3) Number of provisional ballots.
Me neither. But hoping the 0.5% lead (or hopefully less) forces a recount rather than ending the count today (except for provisional ballots, i think). Good for Casey to stick it out and for some of the media, even MSM, to hold their declarations.
Ballots have to be cured by today (in some counties the deadline was earlier) — the count will end when the counties are done… probably not today. Then there can be an automatic or requested recount.
UPDATE: Someone on The Downballot just wrote that Casey has reduced McCormick’s lead to under 30,000.
EDIT: According to NBC:
McCormick: 3,379,855 – 48.9%
Bob Casey : 3,350,467 – 48.5%
John Thomas (I): 88,789 – 1.3%
Leila Hazou: 65,328 – 0.9%
Marty Selker: 23,422 – 0.3%
(Estimated remaining: 92,000)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/pennsylvania-senate-results
No and yes very much so
Keep phone banking - he's only down 0.5 percent (about 35,000 votes).
Actually LT 30K
Very good point, thank you
I’m just interested in what you are saying, and also want to add that our Opposition cannot fall into the Radical right framing of us. I don’t know what Coastal Left means, DC?
I keep hearing this, heard it on Jason Pack's show today. But there is never any real discussion of the contempt and disdain their side has for those of us who are educated and, if you keep doing dumb things, you shouldn't be surprised when people call you dumb. They haven't "stuck it" to the educated by voting to blow it all up; those of us with educations and decent careers will still be fine. And as was pointed out in Rural White Rage, the R's will continue to do nothing for them.
Congratulations, Ruben Gallego! He is such a bright light among the new generation of Democrat leaders.
Yeah! I'm so glad he won!
Thanks for the great photos Simon. The four freedoms is especially poignant considering that's the basis of our fight for democracy. We truly are all in this together and we are not going back.
This thinking —YOUR constructive and light-shedding thinking—is precisely what we need right now. Thank you for rising above the blame game and setting us on a path of possibility. I love the path(s) you are beginning to draw. I dream of seeing you, Robert Hubbell, Heather, and a few others being invited into each other's worlds—perhaps monthly panel conversations featuring all of you (interviewed by someone like Tara, say), then shared on your respective sites. A growing, centralizing place of reason. A sense that we aren't in silos but together. A way of getting coherently and collectively loud. I also dream, as noted yesterday, of bringing in some voices of absolute experts in fields like immigration, who can help us tell the story of how we NEED the immigrants they are about to expel. Let's tell those stories. Let's try to save some lives together. Now.
I second what Beth wrote, " Thank you for rising above the blame game and setting us on a path of possibility." Let's get this right.
Thank you, Grant. I am trying in my small way to herd my despairing friends toward a path of possibility. The more of us who start walking forward, together, the better we all will be.
Yeah, everybody check out what Courier is doing on Instagram and follow. As a digital content and manufacturing writer, it's impressive SM content.
https://www.instagram.com/couriernewsroom/
100% this! We need a 50-state, 24/7 strategy for where media landscape is now, and DNC needs to be helping to lead this initiative based on what has worked amongst our groups, who will be partners, not "donors."
I like your idea. There are so many progressives out there, from HCR to Meidas Touch to Robert Hubbell, that finding a way to combine forces seems like the obvious thing to do.
I also think it's imperative we find out why we lost, but do so in a hunt for facts, not a circus of pointing fingers. If we don't know what went wrong, we can't fix it.
Yes. I also want to do more than write postcards, make phone calls to my senator and reps and protest in the streets, although I know these things are not entirely ineffective. I want to be part of the new pro democracy noise machine, a force multiplier, even though I freely admit I am not a technological wizard. Let's get creative, with a multi-front and multi-platform empowered, and informed joyful noise. Let's not come from trauma, let's come from our collective strength and intelligence, please!
And facts, truth, and possibility
“What’s important is that we have a well-informed and respectful conversation, together, about what happened and what comes next over the next few months.”
I hope Democrats will also take stock of the burgeoning network of progressive Christian voices, creators, and influencers, like the New Evangelicals. It is so important for an off ramp from fundamentalist extremism to exists and these folks are doing a fantastic job with few resources.
Seconding this. Many in my network are in the process of leaving Evangelical churches over MAGA. That's a life-altering shift, a whole culture and community, not just Sunday morning. They would welcome outreach, even if it takes a long time to make the journey.
Simon, what do you make of today's The Hartmann Report which is truly frightening?
Link to whatever you’re referencing please. Otherwise it’s just fear-bombing the comments section.
Honestly, anything described as “truly frightening, we’re so screwed” has me deleting.
Yes Simon. Agree with everything you said. Thank you!
This 👉🏻 "There has to be a more respectful information based relationship between us, where our campaigns and parties start treating us not only like ATMs but also like proud patriots, information warriors and willing amplifiers" really resonated.
That sentence you highlight really resonated with me as well, Cindy. We most certainly need to find more effective ways of communicating among ourselves and our base.
Agree. We are more than just donations.
Resonated here as well. And we really must do something about the barrage of freak-out texts and emails after you donate once on ActBlue. They are manipulative and don’t really contain any truthful messages. They turn me off from wanting to donate, though following Simon helps me donate in a strategic, educated way.
Totally agree.
😀 George 😃 Whitesides 😊
So excited, was making ballot cure calls for him over the weekend!
How did people react when you called?
Thank you!