US Politics, December 2022: "They're now the working class party, man."

Jimmy Paiz does not appear to be recovered from his PTSD

Arizona certified the results of its gubernatorial election after a judge threw out the Kari Lake suit (and sanctioned the lawyers who brought it)>

Excuse me, that was just Maricopa County. The state should certify on Monday.

That’s a bit reassuring—but I’m still thinking that the Arizona GOP has some shenanigans planned. There have been some low key indications buried in the inside sections of the Washington Posy that the Lake people are still going to try to take this.

—Post

I would totally read the Washington Posy.

Ridiculous

Man voting in Georgia is so different than in Illinois. When I lived in chicago, during early voting, I went to the local elementary school, waited in line about ten minutes, and they gave me a sheet of paper. I checked people off then I put it in the machine and left.

— Jason Coupet (@ProfessaJay) December 2, 2022

You have to read down and through to get the full sense of the nightmare

election processes in Georgia are overseen by the Secretary of State's office (currently led by Brad Raffensperger) but operated and almost wholly funded by county Boards of Elections

like most municipal governments, all the counties are strapped for funds and the current state administration shows little interest in providing significant financial help for staffing more poll locations

there are 159 counties in Georgia, ranging from low-population rural areas to the ultra-dense metro ATL counties, so voting runs more or less smoothly depending on where you live

it's no accident that the counties with the highest concentrations of black voters are the ones where limited funding creates scenarios like that Twitter thread

https://64.media.tumblr.com/0281504b9b44eafed292ed2ce0908176/26ef0e24ea28cbb9-12/s2048x3072/8fda586c86267a22f839d1a44561169a60c86819.jpg

uh excuse me?

i think i’m most offended by the screenshot of the crop tool. sic can’t you think of others and edit out the unnecessary information??

I saw this on twitter the other day and still don't get it - they sent an email out saying 88 words? What can this be beyond a heinous dogwhistle? This is some Balenciaga shit.

And not just writing out 88 words, but the lead in of the email was the words "88 words"? Do I have this right?

i think i’m most offended by the screenshot of the crop tool. sic can’t you think of others and edit out the unnecessary information??

I tried to make a more pertinent crop of my own but kept getting cloudflare timeouts on politicalemails.org

The official stories so far are not connecting these two things, but attacks on electrical substations in a North Carolina county that knocked out power to half the county seem most likely related to a drag show held last night that had attracted death threats and protests. Assuming that’s the case, it’s straight-up anti-LGBTQ terrorism,

https://www.thepilot.com/news/substations-vandalized-more-than-half-of-county-without-power/article_b3b19780-7370-11ed-865d-c78d0de5d921.html

https://www.thepilot.com/news/drag-show-goes-on-amid-peaceful-but-persistent-protests/article_576fbe72-7355-11ed-9e6c-bf04b3a3e425.html

More here: https://www.facebook.com/52201543/posts/pfbid02HWHXr3HBSKmiVBgomqC7U26x4dzpk7TCe5KakqY2ekj5Q4rKAQY97BN3ubbzepvbl/?d=n

They continued the drag show lit by cell phone flashlights.

as long as it’s not schiff

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/04/california-democrats-succeed-feinstein-00071996

Just hilarious that Padilla is the one guy out here who can be all "Welp, nothing to do with me!" (Not directly, at least; by default he'd become the senior senator and doubtless more than one of the candidates wouldn't mind his blessing/help.)

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/30/house-senate-negotiators-45b-biden-defense-budget-00071367

in case you were wondering wtf is it with runoffs in Georgia:

https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/12/03/the-racist-history-behind-georgias-runoff-elections

Georgia Dems are ahead in early ballots cast, putting pressure on Republicans to show on Election Day —when it’s supposed to rain in cities like Atlanta, Augusta and Columbus

How badly do Republicans want to turn out for Walker? https://t.co/mqYS84GxDM

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) December 5, 2022

Shannon Epstein, the 25-year-old niece of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), was arrested in an extremely dramatic, combative event at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans on November 24 after being kicked off her plane. The Times-Picayune reports that Epstein had asked a family she perceived to be Latino on her flight if they were “smuggling cocaine.” (The family has not been identified.) When airline workers decided to remove her from the flight and the plane returned to the gate, she became “increasingly irate,” and the incident escalated at the airport.

When deputies tried to arrest Epstein at the airport, she fought back. Per the Times-Picayune:

In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking the skin, and kicking another in the groin, Rivarde said. They were treated there by paramedics.

All the while, Epstein shouted that the deputies were going to lose their jobs or end up in jail, boasting that she was related to powerful people and that her uncle is a friend of former President Donald Trump, Rivarde said.

Chris Christie did not return messages left Friday at two telephone numbers associated with him.

what's in her laptop

Trump/Drunk racist niece '24

Another Madlibs article:

Epstein
Chris Christie
Louis Armstrong
Cociane
biting
groin
Donald Trump

DON’T YOU KNOW MY UNCLE IS THE DISGRACED FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY

who is famously Trump's best friend.

https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/03/02112400/abc_christie_trump_mt_160301_31x13_1600.jpeg

One of the most satisfying videos you’ll see this week. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/06/mcconnell-mccarthy-police-gold-medal-ceremony-00072546

do you think Chris Christie regrets not being a democrat

What a day!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna60326

Holy shit

Trump's political career has not been good for any of his longtime henchmen.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZMFX7aXYAElc7i.jpg

Nice pull sleeve

Christ! A highly complex tax fraud case with 17 counts to be proved and the jury deliberated "just over a day" before returning guilty verdicts on all 17!! That's amazing.

I have always loved that particular strip and it is oh so a propos today.

xp Probably because like most things Trump-related there was nothing very subtle or clever about the fraud.

And now the Trump org pays up to ... $1.6 million in fines?

Ah! Well,

yup - probably an overall savings

That civil suit will be loads of fun now.

Oh yeah, forgot about that one. It's hard to keep all these lawsuits straight!

Harris has gotta fire her comms team

NEW -- Doug Emhoff embraces the burden of being the most prominent Jew in American politics.

from me and @EugeneDaniels2 https://t.co/x5JewLXb6I

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 6, 2022

Tulsi will probably take a shot on live TV tonight

holy shit, Warnock up 57-43

https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/116564/web.307039/#/summary

Don’t post shit like that with 8% of precincts reporting, ffs

This is going to be a close runoff result, perhaps closer than the Warnock +3 rough polling consensus. But you'd still much rather be Warnock (D) than Walker (R) right now. #GASEN

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 7, 2022

Early vote reporting was always going to swing hard to Warnock.