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For anyone wondering how to help in the Georgia Senate runoffs.

I see Shelley Curtis was a producer on there. That explains how Kristian got the job. Odd to see Michael Malone's name too.

Going through that AOC interview was difficult. She sounded extremely wounded and was lashing out, not helped by that conference call with Abigail Spanberger going after the left being leaked a few days ago. The interview also led to a spat with Conor Lamb (PA Congressman) and his people. I think AOC never quite has known how to handle the fame thrown at her or the harsh realities of legislating, especially in current DC/America. And for all the taunting of some on Rose Twitter about the incredible success of socialist Dems in Congress, this election really shut the door on them having any ability to do anything, not to mention Democrats will have a difficult time keeping the House in 2022. I get the feeling AOC wants to go but doesn't want to fully say it yet. She probably will sometime next year. Given Ilhan Omar's difficult background, I am not surprised that she seems to be more adept at navigating this environment than AOC. It's a shame that Omar is, IMO, a big grifter, because she probably did play a key role in helping Biden with Minnesota.

So sorry to hear that @Juliajms

Black voters and candidates were actively patronized, condescended to, and outright attacked in myriad ways from both the left and the right over the whole process. Even now the media is more focused on trying to convince people that black voters supported Trump than on the reality that their votes delivered this victory. It's unfortunate how many people only care about narratives and about confirming their own racist beliefs.

I think Iva worked as a character in those early years because she was a more haunted contrast to the flashier people around her, like Meg or Lucinda. As the years passed and the Snyders, along with Lucinda and even Lily, became more somber, Iva just ended becoming even more depressed, to the point of near-catatonia. Still, I loved the character, and Lisa Brown's nuanced work. I agree with you about MDM and Ashe, although I think Ashe really only came into her own in her last year in the role. Meg as a vixen or as a rival to Lily didn't work for me.

Long and sobering.

Glenn Greenwald's hissy fit under the guise of righteous woke-anti-woke journalism is good for my funny bone.

The image of Matt Gaetz in a gas mask, mocking COVID, even as people in his own district were catching it, is one of the most disgusting I've ever seen from a politician. He's just the bottom of the barrel. He's also a fat drunk, so he won't be getting over those complications for a while. I knew it would be close (not as close as it could have been, thankfully), but a win is a win. I think he was one of the only Democrats, if not the only one, who could have won against such a unique cult figure as Trump. He and his campaign people, and Kamala Harris, deserve a lot of credit for this, above all else for not losing focus and not panicking. There's a lot of "what about downballot, it was supposed to be about downballot," and there are many conversations to be had there about polling, about poor management and strategic decisions, but truthfully, I think most of those districts were likely to flip anyway because of Trump being on the ballot, but I'm not surprised this has led to such huge open infighting. As I see AOC on Twitter ranting about the Lincoln Project (which is full of a number of untrustworthy people mostly just using this year as a means to an end, but, based on Trump's slump in support among white men, they did play a key part in the final outcome), I have to wonder how much the more vocal members of "The Squad" know their time of relevance is near an end. There is plenty of pain ahead, but I'm just trying to take the day to be happy about what so many managed to accomplish, and what seemed impossible for much of the last 4 years. And I know so many of you here sacrificed your time, money and health to help make this happen. Thank you. We made it through (with two months of horror to go...). Now if only we can find some path forward to save ourselves from the hatemongers, sociopaths and grifters all around us.

I'm sure it is not their call, but when these people play into the hype of being wonks and election experts, then they should have integrity. But that isn't what gets the big money, I guess. Anyway:

They are cowards, and also desperate for ratings. I won't link as it was a far right Twitter account, but one of them had the video of Steve Kornacki trying to justify why they haven't called PA and it was nonsensical, just pure word salad. The cable news version of this, only with khakis that are baggy in all the wrong places.

Enraging. And people in the replies have shared their own stories. I hope all the people making these threats are locked up.

Classic. Glad she is putting one of those odious grifters on blast.

I think camp can be fun if done right - it's just not usually done right, especially on soaps. I think Marland veered in that direction more early in his run at ATWT - 1986 had a number of wild fantasy sequences for Meg and for Sierra, including one for Sierra where she dreamt of Lucinda, Craig and Tonio in a sauna or somewhere and it was basically said she was having it off with both of them. I don't think they worked on ATWT. This is one of the last I remember (I don't know if it was intended as camp or not...)

Laurie Caso joined the show around mid or late-1989. I think he was one of the reasons Hillary Bailey Smith left, as he didn't work with her to keep her around the way his predecessor did, IIRC. I feel like Marland's writing changed after the strike. The presentation became much more somber and camp slowly but surely disappeared, as did some of the more natural weaving in of comedy. Incredibly depressing and character inappropriate stories like Shannon's pregnancy and miscarriage would not have happened before then. With that said, other than Rosanna, I mostly enjoyed his last year as headwriter - if that is the right word. (the Carolyn story went off the rails because he changed his mind about Darryl being the killer - I also think they rushed the early beats [her death and Darryl/Frannie] way too much compared to the later stalling out)

And finally, from a late, great woman with money scandals who had far more public support than our demented, depraved ex-President will ever have.

Loeffler in particular is such a disgusting human being that it's unfortunate how much of a pass she will get for being a Barbie. I see that Josh Kraushaar and other Beltway figures are trying to ramp up stuff about Warnock opposing Israel's occupation of the West Bank, so you can tell where this is going. If Democrats could just get people to see that the economic recovery will never happen without an end to gridlock, that might help in the races, but so many seem to fall for these press releases claiming that the economy is getting better and better. It needs to be shown, somehow, that Loeffler and Perdue are no better than Trump, even if he was more outwardly repulsive. At least there will be more momentum and money than the 2008 Senate runoff. That one was seen as meaningless when it really wasn't.

Look everybody, it's Mitch McConnell moving away from a stimulus package he never planned to pass - again. And unless Pelosi agrees to his likely package (no checks, bare bones unemployment, liability exemptions if employees get sick, cash to GOP donors), the Beltway will dogpile on her - again. I hope she tells them to eat [!@#$%^&*] and die.

Oh wow. That makes sense though, as she is very wonky.

Under 4,000 now. That's amazing. I don't want to get my hopes up but I can't believe it's this close.

I don't know if any more of Georgia will be counted tonight, but right now less than 9K separates Biden and Trump (and Perdue remains below the runoff threshold). If Biden does win, I am giving the credit to Stacey Abrams, but I will give a small tip of the hat to Jo Jorgensen for her services in Georgia and Wisconsin, even though that wasn't intended on her part. Let's just call it karma for Jill Stein.

I don't care for her, but Olivia Nouzzi, who tends to buddy up with far right figures, even called out Trump Jr because she said she knows a Trump campaign worker who just went out and bought an AK47 due to their rhetoric.

A month or so ago there was a puff piece on James Baker, as the guy who wrote it (Peter Baker - no relation I assume) had written a book about him. A lot of angst over how he voted for Trump, tried to give him advice (he recommended Rex Tillerson) had planned to again pre-COVID in spite of Trump's many sins, and now did not want to talk about his vote after he and his wife got COVID. I guess his name being thrown around so blatantly led him to finally say the bare minimum, which, for the GOP, is something. Let's take a look at two of our 2024 media darlings, Haley and Cotton, both showing just why they are unlikely to actually get the nomination.