2022 Midterms

According to the latest on ABC News, the count in the House is now R-214 to D-207, leaving 14 seats uncalled. The Republicans only need to pick up four of those seats to take the House, but almost all of the uncalled races are in pink districts in California that still have a ton of votes left to count.

If the Republicans win every race that they are currently leading, that will put them at 220 seats, but that outcome is far from set in stone.

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Andrew Torba, who runs the far-right social media site Gab, sent out a newsletter declaring that democracy is illegitimate because ā€œthe Godless unmarried whores of Babylon select your leaders so they can continue to slaughter their children.ā€

Well, there you go. Want to know why single women voted D? Your opinion of them might be the explanation you are looking for. Of course, it would require insight to recognize this, so no danger of that.

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Jim Carrey Chance GIF

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I mean, I hope the Democrats can hold the houseā€¦ but most likely, the GOP is going to get the one or two seats they need for a majorityā€¦ I do think that McCarthy is not going to be able to get anything done, because heā€™s not going to be able to hold the caucus together. Nothing will get done (not even the BS ā€œinvestigationsā€ they want to hold).

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The way things are going, Kev may not even find himself in charge if they do.

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Apparently, some of the ā€œfreedom caucusā€ douche-canoes are still ranting about making Trump speaker. :roll_eyes: Iā€™m not sure that there is anyone else in the leadership that would make them all happy.

Itā€™s gonna be a shitshow with them in charge though, whatever happens.

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(Note: When Beauā€™s patch on his hat is upside down, he is making a parody video)

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If they do make Trump Speaker - heā€™ll never show up for work. So, that might be a plus.

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I think heā€™d show up to grandstand, not get any work done. Thatā€™s what he loves - public adulation, and heā€™ll appear anywhere he thinks heā€™ll get itā€¦ but then heā€™d stop coming once he realized that he wasnā€™t going to get that adulationā€¦

Tired Bette Davis GIF by Maudit

Can he just go away now?

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Whatā€™s this guyā€™s story? Has he ever done any interviews or talked about himself in his videos? I love his work, and itā€™d be great to know a little about his background for context.

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No expert I, but he is a former military contractor, did some time after crossing the wrong guys, is a real leftist, as opposed to the right-wing boogie monster leftists, and is almost as hard on the Dems as he is on the Fascists. I think he is about the most cogent commentator currently working, and have learned a ton from his vids.

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ā€œUnmarried women in America are lost, miserable, addicted to SSRIs and alcohol, wracked with guilt from abortion, and wandering from partner to partner,ā€ wrote Joel Berry, managing editor of the popular right wing site Babylon Bee. ā€œThey are the Democratsā€™ core base now, and the Democrats will do everything possible to manufacture more of them.ā€

The Babylon Bee is theoretically satire akin to The Onion. Though in practice itā€™s the standard right-wing ā€œha-ha-just-joking-but-not-really-jokingā€ kind of content that is the closest thing Republicans have to humor these days.

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The Mother of All Slim Margins.

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I donā€™t think he needed the upside down patch, you could tell from his not being able to keep a straight face!
Still, thanks for letting us in on the secret - itā€™s an Easter Egg I didnā€™t know I wanted.
I love Beauā€™s videos, please keep sharing.

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The political stunner of 2022

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez at Clark County Fair650x422
How Marie Gluesenkamp Perez pulled off the upset of the year: The previously unknown auto shop owner got almost no national help as she swung a red district blue in Southwest Washington. The way she did it ran counter to the prevailing theory of how modern politics functions.

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but i was told my vote didnā€™t matter! (/s)

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More shocking than the outcome is the revelation that the Republican candidate accepted his defeat with grace and dignity. Thatā€™s not something you see very often these days even in elections decided by huge margins.

She also reiterated that Gagne was gracious in defeat.

ā€œDirectly following the recount, Mr. Gagne did approach me, and we shook hands as he congratulated me. He did tell me that he would not be requesting a challenge to the outcome,ā€ Mosley said.

"He was very gracious. We have always had a cordial relationship over many years, and I appreciate his service to our community.

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If thereā€™s one person who can fix the GOP, it is probably not Rick Scott.

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