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very nice obit in the ny times. never knew she had been married and divorced — and afterward had a longtime companion. here’s a gift link: helen gallagher obit

now this was funny… watching a 1991 ‘murder she wrote’ with martha byrne as a young amis woman, at the end of the show, is revealed as the killer of the minister who knocked her. up — with a pitchfork! a coincidence? i think not! hunt block was also in the episode.

make of this what you will. the headline on both the huffpost and ny times read: ”gaetz pulls out.” but some spoilsport at the times changed it to “gaetz withdraws.” i found this both amusing and illuminating.

“Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said in a statement that Gaetz ‘has put country first’ by withdrawing, adding that it was ‘the best decision that Mr. Gaetz could have made.’” and the best decision for her. she may have talked a good game, but push come to shove, would she have actually voted against him? we’ll never know and i’m sure she’s heaving a huge sign of relief.

as i recall, that lane ride with john dixon was how lucinda was introduced. i recognized her from ‘the doctors,’ but for the life of me could not remember her name — forever for it to come to me such was life before imdb:)

food for thought. free link this is us

this is disturbing — not into wordle, but the cooking app! hope they settle soon free link ny times digital media strike

words fail… free link Trump Says He’ll Protect Women, ‘Like It or Not,’

not that this is news. but, sometimes a picture (or in this case, a graph) really is worth more than 1000 words… free link. comparing harris and trump ads

seems to be her mo. i remember her doubling — tripling, quadrupling — down on valerie garret a few years back on 60 minutes. so annoyed me that i rarely watch her. wonder if does she does this with men , as well, or just women?

putting his money where we always hoped his mouth was… free link bill gates contributes $50 million to harris

wasn’t watch when she was playing michelle, but found this fascinating. gift link. bethany joy lenz memoir

wanted to share this exhaustive, passionate analysis i just received from a dear friend — one of the best people i know: As we all know, in two weeks a small number of voters in certain parts of the U.S. will finish choosing one of two paths for us all. One is a constructive step into a challenging, even treacherous future. The other is a horror. Finding myself unable to be simply a spectator of this life-and-death sport, I have done some research to help cut through the flood of appeals to donate money to campaigns and/or participate in the massive mobilization of volunteers for Democratic candidates. MoveOn If you want to support one entity that covers a huge amount of ground in an election year, I recommend MoveOn, a political organization that has been active since the Clinton impeachment. It allocates its funding to a wide range of organizational activities in national and state races, including offering many kinds of volunteer activities (most done remotely). I’m confident that money given to MoveOn will be well spent. https://front.moveon.org/ You may be familiar with other such groups worth supporting. Senate In the following contested Senate races, the Democratic candidates are currently believed to lead by <1 to 6 percentage points, listed in approximate order of competitiveness, with the closest at the top: OH Brown PA Casey WI Baldwin MI Slotkin NV Rosen AZ Gallego MD Alsobrooks In Montana, Jon Tester is several points behind and probably needs volunteers more than money. The two most exciting Senate races, though, are longshot candidacies that have become competitive: Colin Allred challenging Ted Cruz in Texas and independent Dan Osborn in Nebraska. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is also making a spirited race against Rick Scott in Florida. House of Representatives Identifying House candidates nationally who can most benefit from support at this stage is more complicated. I have drawn from several sources the following somewhat overlapping lists. You may be especially interested in those in your state or vicinity, particularly several in California and New York that may decide the House majority. Hopium Chronicles I participate In Zoom meetings led by the leading Democratic strategist and organizer Simon Rosenberg, who uses this website to organize volunteer activities and accept donations to the Harris-Walz campaign, the statewide presidential campaign organizations in North Carolina and Arizona (to try to flip Trump-leaning states) as well as the “blue dot” electoral district of Nebraska, and critical congressional races. https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/ Rosenberg chose 15 House seats that can most readily be flipped from R to D to win a majority. On the website one can donate to all of these candidates collectively or to any of them individually: Amish Shah (AZ-01) Kirsten Engel, AZ-06 Adam Gray, CA-13 Rudy Salas, CA-22 George Whitesides, CA-27 Derek Tran (CA-45) Will Rollins, CA-41 Christina Bohannan (IA-01) Tony Vargas, NE-02 Sue Altman, NJ-07 Laura Gillen, NY-04 Mondaire Jones, NY-17 Josh Riley, NY-19 Janelle Bynum, OR-5 Janelle Stelson (PA-10) This is a good group to support. Vargas, Bohannan, Shah, Bynum, and Whitesides are all scientists, engineers, or physicians, along with John Mannion (NY-22), who is not on the Hopium list but is also a competitive challenger. However, this list includes only challengers, not Democratic incumbents in equally close races. Council for a Livable World For decades I have donated to House and Senate candidates through the Council for a Livable World, which supports peaceful resolution of international conflicts and sensible nuclear and defense policies. This organization also provides a convenient way to donate individually to numerous candidates at once. https://livableworld.org/meet-the-candidates/ A disadvantage of CLW is that its endorsements—based solely on the candidates’ support for its objectives, not on their likelihood of winning—include people who don’t need more help (e.g., Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse). Nonetheless, this year’s CLW-endorsed candidates include most of those in the competitive Senate races identified above and the following in competitive House races (* = incumbent): AZ-06 K Engel CA-09 J Harder* CA-47 D Min CO-03 A Frisch MN-02 A Craig* NY-04 L Gillen NY-17 M Jones NY-22 J Mannion PA-07 S Wild* VA-07 E Vindman WI-03 R Cooke Flip the States This website is designed specifically to enable Democrats to get the most results from their political contributions. Rather than take donations, it provides links to candidates’ donation pages. https://flipthestates.com/races/flip-the-us-house/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_flip-states For the House, Flip the States ranks the district races by their importance for achieving a Democratic majority. These (taken from a longer list) are rated most important, with "impact ratings" from 98 down to 93 (* = incumbent): NY-22 J Mannion CO-8 Y Caraveo* NM-2 G Vasquez* IA-3 L Baccam NY-18 P Ryan* NY-19 J Riley CA-13 A Gray AZ-1 A Shah NY-17 M Jones WA-3 M Gluesenkamp Perez* OR-5 J Bynum 270 to Win https://www.270towin.com/2024-house-election/ This informational website (not partisan that I can see) also identifies competitive House races, including toss-ups and some that lean D or R but without a predicted winner. These are a few candidates familiar to me (some from past campaigns) who do not appear on the above lists (* = incumbent): AK M Peltola* ME-2 J Golden* MT-1 M Tranel OH-9 M Kaptur*

one canadian’s thoughts on trump’s scandals. can’t tell if he’s trying to be ironic or sarcastic — or, maybe he’s serious. either way, grateful he won’t be voting. Alain Lambert Vancouver, Canada12m ago As a Canadian who has lived in the US, and who follows US politics very closely, I am fascinated by the fact that tens of millions of Americans hate Trump and about the same number of people love Trump. I personally think that Trump is the most honest, most qualified, smartest and certainly most entertaining president in generations. He loves America more than anything. He works harder than any of his competitors. His policies are grounded in common sense and are designed to better the life of all Americans. One of Trump's most important agenda items is to depoliticize government agencies, starting with the FBI, the intelligence community and the IRS. These great institutions need to go back to being being independent agencies without a political agenda. Also, four more years of a Trump administration would help put an end to the Ukrainian/Russian conflict and bring peace to the Middle East by advancing the Abraham accords with many more Arab nations. Reply6 RecommendShare

sorry — here’s the gift link https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/trump-scandals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Tk4.XqF2.hyG0Q8YjPpjB&smid=url-share

peter baker’s blow-by-blow chronicle of trump’s, what — sins?, misdeeds?, crimes? — in the ny times. gift link ny times chronicles trump misdeeds

while not nearly as entertaining as the past week’s trump ‘weaves,’ this one is perhaps most disturbing — and least reported by the MSM.

an interesting take on polling from ezra klein @ the ny times. free link ezra klein on polls

this is an interesting piece. the title is a bit misleading; sounds as though it’s going to be critical. but, it’s more thoughtful than that — acknowledging that while all politicians avoid the tough questions, kamala’s in a unique position. free ny times link. In Interviews, Kamala Harris Continues to Bob and Weave

finally! gift link Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age &nbsp;Credit...

a masterpiece of as* kissing: vance “analysis”

free link to ny times obit: ny times obit

would love to watch this, but keeps asking me to sign in to prove i’m not a bot. then nothing happens. what’s the deal?

Was this Babs Bloom involvement? barbara bloom came on in 2003 to finish the job lucy johnson set in motion in 1995.

this is (or should be) terrifying… a detailed account of how trump tried to use the justice department to go after his enemies. free link how trump went after his enemies