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I would have no real interest in this, but I'm glad Peter will be there for the Victor sendoff, whenever that will be.

@dc11786 @Kane @victoria foxton @slick jones @Franko @Vee @NothinButAttitude @Sapounopera @danfling @Forever8 @j swift I found these on Youtube today. Didn't see them uploaded elsewhere before this point, outside of Tricia/Trucker clips. Apologies if I was wrong.

I wonder how many have regrets about Hochul, who seemingly sleepwalked through a disastrous downballot race.

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a41959019/home-and-away-classic-episode-35th-anniversary/

Justin Amash is another of those posturing-but-not-doing figures (like Will Hurd, whom I have zero respect for), but I do appreciate moments like this, and his brutal roasting of the leaders of the Libertarian Party (who threw all in with the GOP and didn't seem to do them much good). For someone who has no personality beyond naked power, it's definitely a damning moment, although I think the press will still push him hard because they want the narrative of strong Republicans and Democrats who fail (notice how much Dave Wasserman and others are pushing the House race gloom/New York doom while other puppets like Brie Brie, that weirdo Zenkus, and Sirota are going on about Biden's lies and how nothing has changed, crypto scandal that will haunt Democrats, etc.). The press will eat it up but hopefully the public won't. I do wonder if the media and the GOP will throw McCarthy over for Steve Scalise, who has always been given a free ride by the press considering his ties.

This is posturing from a faux-moderate, but feels like a sign from McCarthy that he knows he's in trouble. McCarthy is a worthless hack who sold out his country over and over - that he is seen as any type of reasonable choice says it all about that party, and the corporate media who worship them.

I mostly just feel bad for the candidates who had to often run with little help from some of the more dubious pols at the top this cycle (not Pelosi - I mean people like Maloney) and lose by narrow margins, but yes, it could have been much worse. In more amusing news...

You're right, @Vee it's disheartening to read but thank you for keeping up with it. Mike Garcia is a far right extremist. I don't know if that district just loves him personally, or he's great at constituent service, but I wonder if running the same candidate against him three times is another reason.

I had the same thought when he first ran. Glad I'm not the only one who is that much of a weirdo.

The media is already starting the campaign to help Republicans win in Georgia. This guy is a producer for Medhi Hasan on MSNBC, who is prone to attention-seeking and out of touch comments. Birds of a feather.

No need to apologize. I was no better - probably worse. I could say well I had a feeling, but I let my instincts be swamped by the media and online culture and so on. I'm glad there were a number of people here who had clearer heads. And absolutely about Warnock. Hopefully people won't stay home now that the Senate is won. I don't trust Sinema if we stay at 50.

Seeing this reminds me of one of the times I was most incensed with Dave Wasserman's tweets - when he shamed Democratic voters for supporting their own candidate instead of a faux-moderate who just happened to vote for impeachment. If you watch Perez's ads, they're simple and clean and exactly what is needed for that type of race and district. She's also the type of candidate the purity contest crowd who still make up so much of the online left will ignore. Never forget how many out there went nuts trying to create a narrative that counting on races like this, or on working to defeat Peter Meijer in Michigan, were counterproductive and would only help Republicans.

Sorry if this was already around. @Vee @slick jones @SFK @victoria foxton @Paul Raven @j swift @Franko @beebs

Jeff Keller, or someone claiming to be him, uploaded four clips from his role on Loving. You get glimpses of other stories, but the main plot is Steve being on trial for killing Nick and being accused of raping Cecilia. @dc11786 @Sapounopera @Kane @Paul Raven @Vee @slick jones @victoria foxton @Forever8 @j swift@danfling

@Vee I was reading about that earlier. Politico, which I haven't read much in a few years for obvious reasons, claims that Rick Scott had already been planning to run a leader campaign, to the point of recording a video. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/10/rick-scott-mcconnell-midterm-elections-martin-00066400 Scott is a ghoulish figure - the clip of him bragging about making unemployment benefits impossible for Floridians and the extremists he was speaking to briefly being too ashamed to applaud still chills me when I think about it - but he clearly knows now is the time to act, as the map means Republicans stand a very good chance in the Senate. He can take over, do what he does best (go on TV and talk about hurting poor people), and then just wait to become Majority Leader. And of course faded media darlings and chinless wonders who know their national ambitions are gone or will soon be gone are happy to join him. McConnell is vastly overrated by a media that sees all Republicans as geniuses and right in step with the public at every turn, but other than some blunders he made in the runup to the Georgia runoffs in 2021, he generally has much stronger political instincts than most of those around him. If Scott gets more power and Trump's picks continue to hold sway in the party - and wretched Peter Thiel, of course (I imagine he's the one who put Blake Masters' perpetually traumatized Toy Story bully face on national television last night), that may be the best chance Democrats have to hold on to the Senate in 2024.

Thanks @AbcNbc247 We've lost so many AW actors this year...so many P&G actors in general. No matter how much contempt P&G may have for their legacy, fans never really let go. so this still hurts.

The story sucks and no one involved is trying much, aside from Kellie Bright at times. You're better off avoiding it.

I know he will always be remembered as Batman, as it should be, but I really loved his work as Jerry. The role was nothing, but he was gorgeous, charismatic, and had a real warmth and humor that was wasted on a show which at that time was so moribund. He and Laura Malone also had tremendous chemistry. This news just breaks my heart.

I really can't remember who mentioned Michael Moore, if it was @Vee or @JaneAusten or someone else, but as someone who has never had any stomach for the man in 20 years, I did want to say that he was right about the elections, and thanks to those of you who posted the articles quoting him, even if I didn't take them seriously at the time.

They don't care about doing anything substantial. Just obstruction and tax cuts. Jon Ralston is the account to follow for the Nevada race.

Thanks for finding that, @Vee That truly is much higher than I thought they'd get this year. Ideally we can scrape through a few more at the least. Lindsey Graham is a horrid little man. Shamefully race-baiting and going as over the top in a pearl-clutching manner as possible. I want Julia Sugarbaker to rise and lash into him. I'm not going to act like this can't work, but I dearly hope it doesn't. The media went hogwild this year, and for several years now, to tell us how many Latinos were true Republicans at heart, and all the rest. This article breaks down some of the Latino vote, and gains (or no gains). https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/11/10/23451639/midterm-latino-vote-takes-2022

The man who wrote the New Yorker piece also wrote a fawning piece on Chris Rufo last year. There needs to be more of a study on how toxic and pervasive the influence of these types of writers at "liberal" publications has been.

I have a feeling if she wins she will be primaried out, like Madison Cawthorn...but hopefully she will lose now.

That's part of what annoys me about most of the turning of politics into a spectator sport - I see so many comments along the lines of "How could we not beat MTG, what's the point of any of this," when she was never going to lose. It does annoy me about Boebert, because I'm sick of going through life with bad people (and she is a genuinely sick, monstrous person) being rewarded, but I'm just going to try to focus elsewhere (although I do hope she loses). The worst part with Tralfagar is you know the same analysts who lapped up those polls this year will do it all over again in 2024.

I've been checking too, but Boebert is in a Republican district and should have easily won. If things turn around (which they very well could) I'll be happy, but I went in assuming she'd win and I still will.