^^Isn’t it normally the GOP candidates who take credit for someone else’s hard work?

26 minutes ago, marceline said:

This is my district and all I can say is that Turner is coming out the gate with REALLY bad strategy. Trying to use Sherrod Brown against any Ohio Dem is a bad idea but it's especially bad for someone running to become the rep for where he lives.

Also, highlighting confusion in name recognition between the two S. Browns only helps Shontel.

 

Bumped this post.

Edited April 12, 20223 yr by DramatistDreamer

1 hour ago, marceline said:

This is my district and all I can say is that Turner is coming out the gate with REALLY bad strategy. Trying to use Sherrod Brown against any Ohio Dem is a bad idea but it's especially bad for someone running to become the rep for where he lives.

Also, highlighting confusion in name recognition between the two S. Browns only helps Shontel.

Does Ohio have third party rules or write in rules? I keep thinking that is where Nina would go. She is clearly just running for money and attention. She's a proven loser, multiple times over. The way she vacated her podcast so quickly makes me wonder if she has burned her bridges in that grifting world as well.

9 hours ago, marceline said:

I'm with you. People need to stop thinking that one thing will create a quick backlash for one election.

Young women took their reproductive rights for granted and they will be paying for that for years.

There's so much numbness and apathy out there now. You have the GOP as a whole calling all lgbt people groomers, all teachers groomers, any Democrat or even Republican who doesn't go along with them groomers. You have the impending end of abortion and birth control. Yet most people just do not care. 

I don’t know whether this statistic was posted previously in this thread, but this is a reminder that, as triumphant a moment in history as this has been, the mechanism of voting to get there is nothing to brag about.

when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn't vote

when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 7, 2022

Speaking of moments in history that are shameful, there’s also this moment brought to you by the Florida legislature.

after right-wing complaint FL Republicans join effort killing legislation they had previously supported to name courthouse for pioneering black judge

"Asked what made him vote against a measure he had co-sponsored, GOP Rep Buchanan said 'I don’t know'" https://t.co/exTOuKPBTf

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 12, 2022

20 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

Yeah, like the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought stability to Europe!  

Just a few weeks ago joining NATO was not even discussed here, but after Russia's attack on Ukraine public opinion has turned. And statements like this will only boost the numbers in favour of us joining.

Do you think there is any connection between his recent threats against joining the EU and the recent development of Ericsson and Nokia deciding to leave Russia?

Media critic for the Washington Post published this. I do wonder if anyone in the media circus is paying attention or even cares.  It was a bit of soft peddling but gets the point across. I hope she includes her own paper in this writeup because they have failed also.'

The media is failing the public on the good news about jobs - The Washington Post

 

Oh and I notice the media is not paying attention to this.  Texas is a mess I think moreso than Florida and this is what their looney Governor does and causes. But then they don't care because they somehow don't get blamed for it. Why? Partially because the media establishment ignores it.

Mexico truckers protest new Texas inspections, halt trade at border bridges | The Texas Tribune

@JaneAustenthis morning, I saw this headline in another paper, but I admit that I have yet to read about it.

The Mexican truckers, that is.

4 hours ago, DRW50 said:

There's so much numbness and apathy out there now. You have the GOP as a whole calling all lgbt people groomers, all teachers groomers, any Democrat or even Republican who doesn't go along with them groomers. You have the impending end of abortion and birth control. Yet most people just do not care. 

I can't say that I blame most people for feeling the way they do.  The GOP and MSM have gamed the system to the point that (IMO) it really doesn't matter anymore what the other side(s) do or don't do.  Republicans have ensured they'll be in power long after they've become the minority in this country.

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Do you think there is any connection between his recent threats against joining the EU and the recent development of Ericsson and Nokia deciding to leave Russia?

 I guess you mean join NATO? We've been members of the EU since 1995, both Finland and Sweden.  

 

The funny thing is that, prior to Russia's war against Ukraine I don't think either Finland or Sweden seriously considered joining NATO. Finland has always tried to keep its relation with the Soviet Union and later Russia very friendly, and we here in Sweden have been very proud of our long neutrality and our position as a non-aligned country. But with Russia becoming increasingly hostile, and with the invasion of Ukraine, I think that, for the first time, the possibility of a Russian assault of some kind doesn't seem as far-fetched as it used to. Very early during the Russian invasion there were warnings coming out of the Kremlin that all those who supported Ukraine should be prepared to suffer the consequences. So if we (Finland and Sweden) do decide to apply for NATO membership (and it is looking increasingly likely) then the Russians have only themselves to blame.

 

@I Am A SwedeOops, NATO, my bad. I shouldn’t be posting while multitasking, I guess.😳

Except, if I don’t post while doing other things, I wouldn’t post.

Aside from inhumane, this seems insane.

no this isn’t The Onion, the UK will tomorrow unveil deal under which asylum seekers trying to enter the country will be flown to Rwanda for their claims to be processed https://t.co/AQDOT5hpLv

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) April 13, 2022

 

This is not an article from The Onion?

John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate Reagan, to play sold-out NY concert https://t.co/VCzYrMDpMs

— syracuse.com (@syracusedotcom) April 13, 2022

Is this real life?

I...I just....  Jesus, take the wheel.

 

27 minutes ago, Khan said:

I...I just....  Jesus, take the wheel.

 

There are far better ways to spend your twenty dollars.