DramatistDreamer

Whoa, Staten Island went blue?!

Conor Lamb who won the special election in PA several months ago, wins the general election tonight.

I don't want to get ahead of myself but it looks as if the Democrats will take the House.

The one thing Florida did right tonight was restore voting rights to ex-felons (except those who have murder or sex crimes convictions, of course).

I'm surprised that people were surprised. I always believed that Menendez would keep his seat (*shrugs*).

To no one's surprise, Andrew Cuomo wins reelection in NY.

New Jersey voters were like "Eff it, we know he's a crook but we're not giving up that Senate seat, muthafuckas!"

Hope this makes a difference.

Wow, that's very sweet! Still can't claim to be a fan of hers but Sloane and Jozy sure do make a good looking couple!

Me too! Something told me that they would stand firm though.

Things like this should not be happening.

Her mentions are in shambles and it's what she deserves.

I wish that people had paid more attention to voter suppression before we got to this point. It has been a consistent problem, particularly in areas with a large African American population. If this had been more of a talking point when talking about 2016 battleground states, perhaps we wouldn't be seeing what we're witnessing in Georgia right now. Perhaps Kemp wouldn't have managed to keep his position as Secretary of the state of GA while simultaneously running for one of the state's most prominent positions.

Neither rain, nor wind, nor darkness of overcast skies, kept me from my appointed mission today- I Voted! Actually I went this morning so I voted as the first light drops began to fall. I was outta there and back at my desk when the heavy rains started to come down. Since I went at an off-peak time, my polling station wasn't crowded but it did have a consistent flow of people in an out, which will likely change after 3 p.m. I'm hearing reports of long lines from friends who live in larger cities though.

Janet Jackson alludes to the fact that she'd been silenced over years.

For me, it's not even about that specifically. Isner's game is utterly predictable. If a player can successfully manage the trajectory of the ball coming down from his ball-strike (especially on serve), they can manage his game. The variety is almost completely non-existent. It's usually a question of whether his opponent can manage the high bounces coming off his ball-striking. His movement is not as lumbering as it used to be but a crisp shot-maker and a very clean hitter of the ball who can find a target with accuracy and hit the ball right past or behind him pretty consistently. He causes discomfort to some players, mainly because of the trajectory of the ball coming off his serves but a good portion of the Tour is fine with playing him. To a certain extent, you're right about Anderson. He has shown more variety in his game by adding a bigger arsenal of shots to his game (which is what any player would want to keep opponents off-kilter) but for me, in terms of the sheer entertainment factor, I find Anderson to be lacking. It still depends on his opponent, whether I stay attentive or completely zone out in his matches. He alone, under his own power, cannot keep me interested in watching his matches.

Since it's the debut for both Anderson and Isner, maybe they'll both crash out early. Yes, it sounds mean but their tennis is just not interesting to watch.

Ben loves to post tweets like that, probably so that he can watch the infighting between fanbases taking place in his Mentions and subtweets.

Trump hates black people yet he cannot resist using aspects of our culture, including our music to try to boost his appeal. And according to his calculation, Rihanna would hail from one of those sh*thole countries he can't stop railing about. Hmph. I hope Rihanna and Pharrell sue his ass off. Interesting stat presented here.

Hollywood is no different from any other industry in America where abuses happen daily but fail to get attention. But since the thread does highlight Hollywood and speaking of Gayle King (who I knew was a TV news anchor before I learned she was Oprah's friend), this is a snippet of an interview with Mira Sorvino this morning.

It's more likely that his father named him since his father is Armenian. Yes, Agassi is ethnically Armenian, though his father was from Iran. I don't know if you remember the tennis player Sargis Sargsian (he's friends with Andre) who retired sometime ago but he is also Armenian. Not for nothing but Serena's husband is Armenian-American too.

An article on the very poignant meeting between the pastor at Mother Emmanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston and the rabbi at Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh. Anguished by ‘Spiral of Hate,’ Charleston Pastor and Pittsburgh Rabbi Grieve as One

Karen is also half-Armenian. The name Karen as a male name is popular in Armenian and other Central Asian/Near Mideast countries.