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It's a shame David Boren retired when he did (not that I blame him for wanting to), because you guys lost a truly great public servant when that happened. And for years, despite Republican dominance in OK since at least the Great Depression, there was until about 5-10 years ago an advantage for the Democrats in terms of voter registration--I guess because of older voters who were too lazy to go to the DMV and change it to Republican? There's a famous country/bluegrass music show called Mountain Stage--produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting--that's in danger of losing funding (I think that might have been the Appalachian program you had mentioned a few days before?), except bizarrely, some of that is actually coming from newly elected WV Governor Jim Justice--a Democrat (but also a billionaire, one of the few in his state). And WV can use all the positive representation it can get nowadays.

I think Jeremy Scahill went after Bill having Milo on his show in part and in particular because of his role in getting people to go after Leslie Jones on Twitter last July (which resulted, thankfully, in Milo being permanently banned from Twitter). But even more importantly, Bill had Tomi on his show too recently. And he's still having other Trump supporters on his show. He's always had conservatives on his show, which is fine, but I think JS felt that Milo was a bridge too far, a sign that Bill has NOT fully adjusted his show in response to what Trump supporters are like compared to "regular" conservatives. I understand the need to want to have people of different sides speaking/debating each other, but at this point it feels like Bill is normalizing people like Milo who SHOULDN'T be normalized. I've been a huge fan of Bill in the past (don't hurt me!), but I feel he's starting the miss the mark here, in terms of guests. He still does some GREAT New Rules, but he should think twice about inviting people fully aboard on the Trump Train to his show.

His insistence on capitalizing certain words on a frequent basis (SEE YOU IN COURT, anyone?) and topping it all off with an exclamation point really drives the importance of these issues home. Or something.

One of the good ones. RIP.

This.

Without sounding too stupid, I HATE how Fox News made money on the idea that all blonde women are dumb, industinguisable robotic conservative Republican apologists. There ARE smart, hot, young, non-generic looking blonde progressive Democratic women out there. I should know. I'm one of them. (Hopefully!) Just give me time to become famous and do good in the world. Oh believe me, I don't always. But I feel like someone has to. "Nonetheless, she persisted" and all that. Choosing between Trump and Pence is like choosing between projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea. I don't particularly want either of them, but I'll take the latter in each case. (Sorry, I know that's graphic.)

Megyn Kelly. I felt for her when Trump was harassing her during the campaign, but I know better than to hold her up as too great a journalist. She did just as much to push the Fox News agenda as anyone else when she was there (I don't mean to say that like you don't know that, I just pointed that out after saying she left FNC for NBC, and how maybe Shep might do something like that someday, too.). Not this Democrat (I know, you mean ones in office. But still.). I still remember what he did to Indiana. He had Republicans hating his ass in record speed (not enough to get them to vote against Trump in the general election, because I can't have nice things, but I'll NEVER let him off the hook. .......... THAT SAID: I feel a bit better about having him as President than I do having Trump as President, even though he comes with own dangers.

I suppose there's always a chance he could leave for another network. If Megyn Kelly* can do it, he certainly could. *Yes, I'm aware of just how flawed she is, but still.

It's true: http://theslot.jezebel.com/donald-trump-is-kicking-off-his-2020-reelection-campaig-1792431407 He's clearly doing this so he can get the hell out of DC and go back to a safe space (hooray for irony!) where people are fawning over him again.

And Oprah evidently handed the tape over herself.

Happy Birthday, Erin Torpey! I'll never forget you as Jessica. Here's her final scene in 2003:

I loved it. Piers Morgan proves that having a British accent does NOT automatically make you smart.

Yeah, I posted that tweet a page before that. She thought she was coming across as so enduring. UGH. Thank goodness Twitter set her straight.

2020.

In Maryland our biggest concern is getting Larry Hogan out of office next year. Granted our situation isn't NEARLY as bad as many other states--we do have a Democratic super majority in the State House and Senate--but it's going to be competitive.

Me too.

Did anybody see this Tweet on Wednesday? She thinks she's so precious saying it too. [!@#$%^&*] her.

James Carville on behalf of Bill Clinton, but close. I have a LOT I have to say about what the Democrats need to do in these next few years, and at some point when I can sit down and at least somewhat articulately express it, I will, but part of what they need to do is study what James Carville, Paul Begala, and George Stephanopoulos did for Bill's race in 1992 and go from there. (Have them watch the documentary The War Room again, for one! It's all about their work on that race!) There's plenty that they did back then that could work today (with some necessary adjustments and updates, of course). One thing I WILL say right now is this: 2018 and 2020 aren't the only years the Dems need to consider. There are races going on RIGHT NOW, THIS YEAR. Virginia and New Jersey have their Governor's races this year (and lord knows that they both matter--Virginia is a firm swing state now--not to mention that Governors there are not allowed to run for consecutive terms--and New Jersey will finally be rid of Chris Christie), and in 2019, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi will be having theirs (and while I realize the latter 3 are in no way close to being considered viable for 2020, their Governors races SHOULD NOT be ignored--we need to start somewhere down ticket to become competitive again). And that's not mentioning all of the State House/State Senate races that will be going on both this year and in 2019 as well. A lot of these states--certainly Virginia--have no off year when it comes to elections, and more need to remember or realize that. I just had to bring this up, because it seems like nobody is mentioning this in the media and/or the Democratic Party so far this year. That may change as the year goes on, but we can't just focus on 2018 and 2020 without remembering the races in between them, too.

Saw this tweet and immediately thought of Khan:

Kale Browne. They dated for awhile in the late 90's.

What a dumpster fire. Taking a brief pause to mention this from yesterday. I love her and I miss her so much.

For a little while, yes. But I guess they stayed friends and/or JFP couldn't let go, because he wound up doing GH voiceovers ("the part of so and so" etc.) later on.

It might have been a little shorter under JFP, but that was more or less the haircut HBS had for a long time, unless she grew it long. I always find it funny that Kale Browne divorced Karen Allen (Marion from Raiders of the Lost Ark) and dated JFP right after. That's a BIG downgrade, IMO.

West Virginia! I'm right next door in Maryland. I feel for you guys. I love WV--one of the most beautiful states in the country (Almost Heaven, indeed, John Denver) to drive in (as long as you're careful going around the curves), and yet also Trump's best performing state. SMH. That said, it's cool that you guys still have a Democratic Governor--Jim Justice, one of the few newly elected Democrats in any office last fall--which means there's still some veto power (then again, Earl Ray Tomblin was a Democrat too, and Right to Work was STILL passed last year under his tenure, in a state that has historically been VERY union-friendly. So I dunno.). To take this to state politics for a second, I'm VERY curious as to what's going to happen in MD next year in our Governor's race--being a traditionally Democratic state, there are going to be a LOT of people running in the primary, but Larry Hogan is popular in many circles, too (and Democrats in Maryland are helped by having both Baltimore and the DC suburbs--Western Maryland--where I went to college--Southern Maryland--where I grew up and live, right now, anyway--and the Eastern Shore are MUCH more Republican), and I worry about Democrats beating each other in that primary too much. That is the LAST thing we need here.